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Egypt to host run-off election between top 2 presidential candidates
The Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) of Egypt announced presidential election results on Monday and declared that there will be a run-off election between the top two candidates later in June. The run-off will be between Muslim Brot (More) |
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Egypt court convicts police in absentia for protester deaths
An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted five police officers in absentia for the death of protesters last year and sentenced each to 10 years in prison. The men were charged with killing protesters during the 2011 revolution. The conviction was a vic (More) |
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Egypt court acquits police charged in protester deaths
A Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted 14 police officers charged in the deaths of protesters during popular uprisings last year. The men were charged with killing protesters on January 28, 2011, one of the most violent days during the revolution. N (More) |
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Egypt court rules presidential elections can go forward on schedule
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court on Saturday overturned the ruling of a lower court that would have postponed the upcoming presidential elections. Last Wednesday, a provincial court in the town of Benha ruled to suspend the elections following (More) |
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Palestine Cannot Circumvent UN State Admission Procedures
JURIST Guest Columnist Solon Solomon, former member of the Knesset Legal Department, says that the procedures governing UN state admission must be duly adhered to when determining the issue of Palestinian statehood... (More) |
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Stigma and Suspicion: NYPD Surveillance of Muslims
JURIST Guest Columnist Samar Warsi, a Senior Volunteer Attorney for the Muslim Civil Liberties Union, says that the recent revelations regarding NYPD surveillance of Muslims and Muslim-affiliated groups has serious implications for civil liberties in (More) |
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UN rights chief says NGO restrictions undermine human rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern Wednesday that recent restrictions on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in a number of countries may fundamentally effect freedoms and human rights. Pillay highlighted Egypt, (More) |
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Egypt approves law on presidential candidate ban
Egypt's ruling army on Tuesday approved a law drafted by the Egyptian Parliament which bans certain candidates from the upcoming presidential elections . The law was passed early in April and prevents anyone who held a rank of party leader or high (More) |
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Egypt high court lacks authority to rule on presidential candidate ban
The Egyptian Constitutional Court announced Saturday that it cannot rule on an act of parliament that banned certain candidates from the upcoming presidential elections . The court said that it is only able to rule on the constitutionality of a law (More) |
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Egypt parliament passes bill prohibiting Mubarak officials from running for president
The Egyptian parliament on Thursday passed a bill preventing those who were high officials under former president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive] from running for president. The law bars candidacy for 10 years for anyone wh (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.
