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Egypt declares state of emergency, gives military power of arrest
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Sunday declared a state of emergency in an attempt to quell growing unrest and violent political protest in cities along the Suez Canal including Port Said, Ismailia and Suez. Cl (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 21 to death over soccer stadium disaster
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 21 people who were found guilty of involvement in last year's Port Said soccer stadium disaster to the death penalty. The ruling comes almost a year after the February 1, 2012 tragedy that killed 74 people an (More) |
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Former CIA operative sentenced to prison for disclosing confidential information
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has sentenced former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent John Kiriakou, who was among the first to disclose information to the public about the CIA's use of waterboarding a (More) |
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Egypt rights group says police violence continues
Police abuse and torture continue to be ongoing issues two years after the start of the Egyptian Revolution , an Egyptian rights group reported this week. In its report, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said that police conduct h (More) |
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Rights group releases 2012 freedom report
Human rights group Freedom House released a report on Wednesday detailing the state of democracy in the world. The report tracks improvements and declines in the levels of democracy in governments. While Freedom House reports that 26 countries exp (More) |
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Saudi Arabia court convicts Egypt rights lawyer of drug smuggling
A Saudi Arabian court on Tuesday convicted prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed el-Gezawi of smuggling drugs. Despite requests from Saudi prosecutors for the death penalty, el-Gezawi was given a sentence of five years imprisonment and 300 l (More) |
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Iraq's Islamic Bank and the Islamicity of Interest
JURIST Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that, despite Islam's proscription against collecting interest, and a constitutional provision prohibiting laws that conflict with such Islamic rulings, Iraq's cou (More) |
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UN calls on Tunisia to ensure women's rights in new constitution
The UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice on Monday called on the government of Tunisia to adopt stronger constitutional measures to combat gender inequality and discrimination, while accelerating the participati (More) |
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Judge overturns former Egypt president's conviction, orders retrial
An Egyptian appeals judge on Sunday overturned former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] conviction and life sentence and ordered a retrial for the former president on the charge of failure to prevent the killing o (More) |
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Former Egypt high court judge files challenge to new constitution
The former deputy president of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday announced that she has filed a lawsuit with the court challenging the legality of Egypt's controversial new constitution . Tahani el-Gebali is the only female judge (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."
