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Europe rights court rules for victim of CIA extraordinary rendition
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled that the government of Macedonia is responsible for the torture and degrading maltreatment of a man the ECHR found to be an innocent victim of CIA extraordinary rendition in 2003. Lebane (More) |
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Morsi decree gives Egypt military power to arrest civilians
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Monday ordered the military to work with the nation's police to maintain security until the referendum on Saturday. This order, which leads up to the already controversial referendum on Egypt's constitution, giv (More) |
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Egypt president ends decree expanding presidential powers
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ended a controversial decree that had greatly expanded his presidential powers. Although the move was viewed as a concession to protesters who had called for the end of the decree , Morsi refused to push (More) |
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UN rights chief expresses concern over new Egypt constitution
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed grave concern on Friday at the rising death toll during the ongoing political chaos in Egypt, saying that Egypt's draft constitution presents serious problems for human rights. Pillay com (More) |
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HRW accuses Israel of war crimes
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday accused the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of war crimes after a November aerial bombing raid killed 12 civilians in Gaza . According to HRW, the IDF planned and authorized the attack in pursuit of Mohamed Jamal al (More) |
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AI: gross human rights abuses committed during conflict in Yemen
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday identified a series of gross human rights abuses committed by al Qaeda affiliates and Yemen's government forces during the 2011–2012 conflict over control of the country's southern region of Abyan. In it (More) |
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Egypt top judges to oversee constitutional referendum
Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council on Monday agreed to oversee a national referendum on the country's new constitution . The Council, which is Egypt's highest administrative body overseeing the courts, plans to delegate judges to monitor the nation's (More) |
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Egypt high court suspends all work in face of heavy protests
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday indefinitely halted its operations amid pressure from protestors aiming to block the judges from meeting to rule on the validity of the country's new constitution . Supporters of President Mohamed Mors (More) |
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New Egypt constitution approved amid boycott
Egypt's Islamist assembly members hurriedly approved a draft constitution on Friday without the participation of liberal or Christian members, raising concerns among many human rights organizations such as Amnesty International (AI) . The approved (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Egypt president to reconsider decree expanding powers
A spokesperson for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday that Pillay has sent a letter to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi urging him to reconsider a recent decree expanding presidential powers. Pillay worries that the Con (More) |
Jury selection began for Chicago "Black Sox" baseball trial
On July 5, 1921, jury selection began in the trial of eight Chicago White Sox baseball players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
"Shoeless Joe" Jackson and seven others were eventually acquitted, but were later barred from baseball for life. Learn more about the "Black Sox" trial in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
