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Egypt reaches agreement on constitutional panel
Egyptian lawmakers reached an agreement on the composition of the constitutional council on Thursday after a controversy over the political balance threatened to halt drafting of a new constitution. Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court in April effe (More) |
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Egypt court to rule on constitutionality of political isolation law
The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt said Wednesday that it will rule on the constitutionality of the proposed amendments to the political isolation law on June 14. The Political isolation law was passed in 2011 and had the purpose of blocking (More) |
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Kuwait man sentenced to 10 years for posting insulting comments on Twitter
A Kuwait court on Monday sentenced a man to ten years of imprisonment for posting insulting and defaming comments about the Prophet Muhammad and the Sunni Muslim rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on Twitter . Judge Hisham Abdullah found 26-year-o (More) |
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Amendments to Palestinian Income Tax Law Unconstitutional
JURIST Guest Columnist Mais Qandeel, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the tenth entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She explores the realit (More) |
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A Brief Guide to the Counterrevolution in Egypt
JURIST Contributing Editor Chibli Mallat of the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah says that the revolutionary organizations in Egypt should commit to a common political platform in order to undermine the current counterrevolutiona (More) |
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Egypt prosecutor to appeal Mubarak trial verdict
Egyptian prosecutors plan to appeal the verdict in the trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile, JURIST news archive] and his associates, a court official told reporters on Sunday. An Egyptian court on Saturday found Muba (More) |
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Mubarak sentenced to life in prison
An Egyptian court on Saturday found former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile, JURIST news archive], guilty of complicity to kill protesters during the Arab Spring protests and sentenced him to life in prison. The court also found (More) |
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Sudan stoning death violates international laws: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Sudanese government to reform its discriminatory laws and abolish both the death penalty and all corporal punishment after a young Sudanese woman was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Intisa (More) |
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Egypt state-of-emergency law expires
Egypt's state-of-emergency will come to an end on Thursday when a two-year extension on a law authorizing broad government powers of arrest and detention expires. Individuals who have already been sentenced or detained under the less-restrictive req (More) |
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Mubarak's sons charged with stock market fraud
The two sons of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive] are being charged with stock market fraud, the public prosecutor's office said Wednesday. Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, along with seven others, are accused (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.
