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Egypt court delays hearing on members of constitutional assembly
An Egyptian court on Monday postponed the next stage in a hearing challenging the composition of Egypt's constitutional assembly, the council responsible for drafting the country's new constitution, until late September. The assembly faces its lates (More) |
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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to plotting attack on Pentagon
Massachusetts resident Rezwan Ferdaus entered his guilty plea in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Friday to charges of plotting to attack the Pentagon using small remote-controlled airplanes carrying explosives. Ferdaus w (More) |
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Egypt president releases 572 prisoners convicted by military tribunals
Newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Thursday ordered the release of 572 people who had been convicted by the military. Morsi, Egypt's first elected civilian president, had formed a committee to revie (More) |
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Egypt court delays ruling on parliament, military powers
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court ruled Thursday that it does not have jurisdiction over two cases related to the decree issued by the newly elected President Mohammed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to reconvene parliament and the const (More) |
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UN rights expert condemns recent killing of women in Pakistan, Afghanistan
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Rashida Manjoo on Wednesday urged the governments of Pakistan [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and Afghanistan [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to end violence against women and to init (More) |
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Gaza families visit relatives held in Israel prison
Twenty-four Palestinians detainees were permitted family visits at their Israeli jails on Monday as the result of a deal between Israeli authorities and hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners. Forty Gazans visited their relatives at Ramon prison for (More) |
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Mexico failing to protect women's rights: AI report
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday submitted a briefing [report, PDF; press release] to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women detailing the failure of the Mexican government to protect women from torture, killings (More) |
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Egypt president says he will respect court ruling on parliament
Newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday issued a statement saying he will respect the ruling of an Egyptian court suspending his decree to reconvene the parliament. Morsi said his order was not intended to challenge the authori (More) |
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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to terrorism charges
A Massachusetts man agreed to plead guilty on charges of attempting to damage and destroy a federal building, as well as to provide material support to terrorists, authorities announced on Tuesday. The prosecution and the lawyers for Rezwan Ferdaus, (More) |
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Senior al Qaeda advisor released from Mauritania prison
A senior adviser to al Qaeda was released over the weekend from a detention facility in Mauritania, his brother Sidi Ould Walid reported on Monday. Abu Hafs al-Mauritani [Global Security profile], whose full given name is Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, had (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.
