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UN rights experts urge Iran to release detained opposition leaders
Three independent UN human rights experts on Monday called for the immediate release of two key opposition leaders and their family members in Iran. Former presidential candidates Mehdi Karoubi and Mir Hossein Mossavi have been confined to their ho (More) |
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Milan court convicts Italy spy chief for role in CIA extraordinary rendition
A Milan appeals court on Tuesday sentenced Niccolo Pollari, the former Italian spy chief, to 10 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping of a terror suspect as part of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program. (More) |
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Egypt court suspends YouTube for broadcasting anti-Islam film
Egypt's administrative court ordered the country's National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) on Friday to block YouTube because it carried the controversial amateur film Innocence of Muslims . The amateur film sparked violent protests (More) |
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More than 50 countries participated in US extraordinary rendition program: report
At least 54 countries participated in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) overseas detention and rendition of at least 136 people, the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) reported Tuesday. According to the report, after the terrorist att (More) |
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Egypt court postpones ruling on constitutional assembly
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday postponed ruling whether the legislative constitutional assembly that just last week drafted a new charter was legitimate. The judges claimed a crowd of Islamists outside the courthouse of had intimida (More) |
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Egypt court sentences ex-interior minister to 3 years in prison for abusing power
A court in Giza, Egypt, on Saturday sentenced former interior minister Habib el-Adly to three years in prison for abusing his position by forcing public officials to work on his home and property, which the court found was an illegal use of labor. (More) |
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Italy court convicts 3 Americans for 2003 rendition kidnapping
The Milan Court of Appeals on Friday convicted three Americans for their roles in the 2003 rendition kidnapping of Egyptian cleric and terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. Due to diplomatic immunity, all three men had been acquitted in the p (More) |
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UN women's rights chief denounces rising violence against women in Egypt
The UN top women's rights advocate on Friday denounced escalating violence against women in Egypt . Michelle Bachelet , the Executive Director of UN Women expressed particular concern about a recent protest in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, in wh (More) |
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Egypt confirms death sentences for amateur anti-Muslim film
An Egyptian court on Tuesday upheld the in absentia death sentences of seven Coptic Christians and an American preacher on charges stemming from the amateur anti-Muslim film Innocence of Muslims , which sparked violent protests in the Middle East la (More) |
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UN rights chief voices concern over increasing violence in Egypt
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday voiced concern over the growing violence and rising death toll in Egypt stemming from ongoing protests throughout the country. At least 50 people have been killed since protesters took t (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."
