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HRW urges two countries to give detainees access to lawyers
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged both the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran to allow detainees access to lawyers and provide them with basic rights. It urged UAE to not only grant immediate access to lawyers, but also to either charge (More) |
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Egypt rights groups: Ministry of Interior responsible for abuses
Thirteen Egyptian human rights organizations on Wednesday alleged that Egypt's Ministry of Interior is responsible for police brutality and the deaths of protesters that have occurred since January 25. The report said the recent crimes occurred in (More) |
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AI: Yemen forces must refrain from violent crackdown on protests
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday called on Yemeni forces to observe peace and restraint (AI report) during scheduled protest marches this week. Yemeni security forces fired on protesters on Thursday despite AI's plea. The protest marches we (More) |
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Egypt court says police have right to grow beards
A court in Egypt ruled Wednesday that policeman may grow beards, ending the long-standing precedent of ex-President Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive] barring facial hair because it was considered to be a public display of Islam (More) |
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Egypt upper house approves court-ordered changes to election law
The Egyptian Shura Council approved a draft election law on Thursday, paving the way for parliamentary elections to be held in the next few months. The new election law embodies the key changes to five articles as demanded by Egypt's Supreme Consti (More) |
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UN rights office criticizes Egypt draft demonstration law
Spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , Rupert Colville, on Tuesday criticized Egypt's draft law on demonstrations for failure to adequately protect freedom of assembly as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of (More) |
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Egypt high court remands parliamentary election law to legislature for amendment
The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court announced Monday that it has rejected parts of the draft election law that will govern the country's upcoming parliamentary elections. While the court must ratify the legislation before it can be enacted by (More) |
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Egypt authorities appeal court order banning YouTube
Egypt's National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) on Thursday appealed a court order banning YouTube because it features the controversial film Innocence of Muslims . The film, which sparked violent protests throughout the Middle Eas (More) |
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Egypt court orders release of Mubarak's former chief-of-staff
An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered that the former chief-of-staff for deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive], Zakaria Azmi, be released from prison after he was granted a retrial in a corruption case. (More) |
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HRW: Yemen failed to probe anti-government protester deaths
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said Yemen authorities failed to investigate top officials in the shooting deaths of 45 anti-government demonstrators killed in the country's "Friday of Dignity Massacre" in March 2011. The report , entitled "Un (More) |
Sir Thomas More beheaded for treason
On July 6, 1535, former Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More was beheaded in London after being convicted of treason against King Henry VIII.
More had not supported the King's policy toward the church or his marriage to Anne Boleyn, had refused to swear to the Act of Succession, and had similarly declined to take the Oath of Supremacy. His last words before execution are said to have been "The King's good servant, but God's first."
