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Zimbabwe court detains activists on treason charges
A Zimbabwe magistrate court on Monday ordered six of the 45 activists arrested in Harare last month detained on charges of treason, releasing the remaining 39. The six activists not released today will remain detained and face trial on the treason (More) |
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Libya and UN Sanctions: Fair Play or Unfair Politics?
JURIST Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler, professor of law at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine, says the UN Security Council acted in an unusual manner against the government of Libya.... On 26 February 2011 the UN Security Council una (More) |
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Muslim student sues FBI over GPS tracking device
Muslim student Yasir Afifi and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] against the FBI on Wednesday after Afifi discovered a global positioning system (GPS) device on the undercarriage of hi (More) |
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The Middle East protest movements: each with a story, all with uncertainty
Dr. Jonathan Schanzer [Vice President of Research, Foundation for Defense of Democracies]: "Across the Middle East, protest movements are taking hold. While each draws inspiration from the examples of Egypt and Tunisia, each country (More) |
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The awakening of Muslim North Africa
Farzana Hassan : "Much of the Arab world is in turmoil. The Shia majority in the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain has suffered years of oppression by the ruling Sunni minority and is now demanding freedom. The citizens of newly liberated Egypt and Tuni (More) |
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UN suspends Libya from rights council
The UN General Assembly voted Tuesday to suspend Libya from the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in response to the violent suppression of peaceful protesters by forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi . The resolution , adopted by consensus, came at th (More) |
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Iran opposition leaders jailed: reports
Iranian opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and Mehdi Karroubi [NYT profile; JURIST news archive] and their wives were arrested and jailed in Heshamatiyeh prison on Monday, according to Mousavi's website Kaleme (More) |
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UN rights chief urges international protection for Middle East protesters
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday condemned the response by Middle Eastern governments to peaceful protests, urging the international community to take a strong stance against violence in Libya. In Pillay's opening stateme (More) |
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ICC: no immunity for perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Libya
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will not grant immunity to any person perpetrating crimes against humanity in Libya, according to a statement issued by the court on Monday. The ICC Prosecutor's Office is currently assessing allegations of w (More) |
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Egypt considers term limits, presidential nomination reform
The Egyptian military's judicial committee on Saturday proposed a constitutional amendment that would impose an eight-year term limit on the presidency in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the 30-year reign of former president Hosni Mubarak . The pr (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.
