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Taiwanese Sunflower Movement protestors acquited
On Friday, twenty-two members of the so-called Sunflower Movement were acquitted of charges related [Taiwan News report] to their 2014 occupation of the Legislative Yuan. The activists were protesting plans to pass a trade deal with China. The prote (More) |
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Egypt court sentences defendants over drowning of migrants
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 56 people to prison for up to 14 years for their involvement in a deadly capsizing of a boat carrying migrants and refugees. The boat capsized close to the Egyptian coast last September, possibly on its way to I (More) |
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Egypt former president Hosni Mubarak released from prison
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was released from prison on Friday after six years in custody. The planned release [Al-Masry Al-Youm report, in Arabic] was announced earlier this month after Mubarak was cleared of a conspiracy to murder (More) |
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Ontario appeals court: reporter must turn over communications with accused terrorist
The Court of Appeal for Ontario on Wednesday affirmed a ruling requiring a Vice Media reporter to turn over materials and communications used to write three stories regarding an accused terrorist in 2014. Ben Makuch communicated with and wrote thr (More) |
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Egypt prosecutor: Mubarak to be released from detention
An Egyptian public prosecutor announced on Monday that former president Hosni Mubarak will be released from detention in a military hospital. During a retrial this month, Mubarak, who was overthrown in 2011, was cleared of conspiracy to murder pro (More) |
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Human rights groups condemn execution of 15 in Jordan
In response to the mass execution of 15 people in Jordan on Saturday, several human rights groups, including Amnesty International (AI) , condemned the hanging as being secretive and conducted "without transparency. This mass execution was largest e (More) |
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Egypt high Court acquits ex-president Mubarak of 2011 civil uprising killings
The Egypt Court of Cassation on Thursday acquitted former president Hosni Mubarak in a retrial of charges that he killed protesters during the civil uprising in 2011 that ended his 30-year reign. Mubarak was initially convicted on these charges a (More) |
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UN urges member states to end use of death penalty
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein reaffirmed the UN's long-standing position against the death penalty Wednesday and urged member states to end its use. In his opening statement at the biennial high-level panel discussion (More) |
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Italy president grants partial pardon to ex-CIA officer
Italian President Sergio Mattarella granted a partial pardon Tuesday for ex-CIA officer Sabrina De Sousa related to the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric form a Milan street in 2003. The cleric, Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, "was taken to Egypt for que (More) |
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Portugal court orders extradition of ex-CIA agent to Italy
A Portuguese court ordered the extradition of former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative Sabrina de Sousa to Italy Tuesday for a four-year prison sentence. De Sousa had been convicted in absentia along with 26 other Americans for the ki (More) |
Sherman Antitrust Act passed by Congress
On July 2, 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act became the first anti-monopoly legislation passed by Congress.
Learn more about the Sherman Act.
