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Social media creating new opportunities for rights activists: AI report
Recent revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa have demonstrated the unique opportunities that social media has created for human rights activists, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released on Friday. However, repressive g (More) |
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Egypt court convicts ex-tourism minister for corruption
An Egyptian criminal court on Tuesday convicted the country's former tourism minister, Zoheir Garranah, for corruption and sentenced him to five years in prison. Garranah was found to have sold public land in the Red Sea province below market value (More) |
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Former Egypt interior minister convicted on corruption charges
Former Egyptian interior minister Habib el-Adly was convicted Thursday on charges of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Adly, the first Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive] regime official to be c (More) |
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ICC has evidence of Gaddafi war crimes: prosecutor
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo revealed that investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] committed crimes against humanity. During an interview with the As (More) |
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Post-Osama: The Way Forward for the United States
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin G. Davis, an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Toledo College of Law, answers a few questions about Osama Bin Laden's death and discusses what it might mean in terms of foreign affairs and domestic attitu (More) |
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Mubarak could face death penalty for protester killings
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive] could face the death penalty if convicted of ordering attacks on protesters during the demonstrations in Egypt early this year. Egypt's Justice Minister Mohammed al-G (More) |
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Egypt prosecutor orders Mubarak to prison hospital
Egyptian public prosecutor Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud on Sunday ordered ousted president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive] transferred from a private hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh to a prison hospital in Cairo. Mahmoud ordered the tran (More) |
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Morocco protesters seek radical constitutional reform
Thousands of Moroccans engaged in peaceful demonstrations Sunday demanding greater reform in the new constitution expected to be unveiled in June by King Mohammed VI. The protesters, led by the Facebook youth movement Fevrier 20 rejected the king's (More) |
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Mubarak detention extended, name removed from buildings
Egyptian public prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud on Friday ordered a 15-day extension of the detention of former president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive], giving authorities more time to decide if they want to send him to jail (More) |
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Tunisia court drops charges in case that triggered protests across Middle East
A Tunisian court on Tuesday dropped charges against a police officer who incited protests in several Arab countries when she allegedly slapped a local fruit vendor. Police woman Fedia Hamdi was accused of slapping Mohamed Bouazizi in December in a (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.
