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Rights group alleges new evidence of detainee abuse by Egypt military
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released a report asserting new evidence that the the Supreme Military Council of Egypt has been torturing protester-detainees. Through various detainee accounts, AI stated that individuals were tortured "to (More) |
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UN commissioner urges Bahrain to respect rights of demonstrators
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay voiced Wednesday the need for Bahrain to respect the rights of demonstrators. The announcement came after a news release Tuesday by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) re (More) |
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Egypt military appoints judges to amend constitution
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Tuesday that it has formed a committee of judges and politicians to oversee amending the Egyptian constitution within the next 10 days. When the council assumed power on Sunday, it indicate (More) |
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Iran lawmakers urge death penalty for opposition leaders
Iranian lawmakers called Tuesday for opposition leaders to face trial and death after Monday's clash with security forces. Thousands of Iranians protested Monday in solidarity with Egypt's revolt against ousted president Hosni Mubarak . Pro-governme (More) |
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They Can't Go Home Again
JURIST Guest Columnist Naureen Shah, from the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School says that some Guantanamo detainees cannot go home and the US should design smarter monitoring protocols, let courts and the public test decide whether diplom (More) |
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Lessons to learn from the illusory stability of "ex-Egypt"
Shafiq Jamoos : "The outbreak of the peaceful revolution of the Egyptian people was shocking - in every sense of the word - to many around the world. No one expected that Egypt, the "stable" country of the "wild" Middle East, would witness such an ex (More) |
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Algeria government to lift 19-year state of emergency
Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said Monday the government will end the 19-year-old state of emergency laws amidst growing protests in Algeria and the ongoing protests in Tunisia and Egypt. Medelci told French radio station Europe 1 that th (More) |
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Egypt military suspends constitution, schedules elections
The Egyptian military announced Sunday that it suspended the constitution and will run the country until an election is held in six months. The television announcement marked the first time that the military had publicly disclosed its transition p (More) |
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Egypt military pledges to lift emergency laws as Mubarak steps down
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces pledged Friday to lift the country's emergency laws [text, in Arabic; JURIST news archive], which have been in place for nearly 30 years, as soon as circumstances improve. The announcement came short (More) |
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Egypt military allowing prisoner abuses: HRW
The Egyptian military is improperly detaining protesters and allowing prisoner abuse , including torture, according to a Wednesday report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) . HRW, in conjunction with Front for the Defense of Egyptian Protesters (FDP) , h (More) |
Congress approves first Patent Act
On April 10, 1790, Congress approved America's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" the rights to a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the U.S. Patent Board, the precursor to the modern U.S. Patent Office.
Read the current U.S. Patent Act from the Cornell University Law School, and read A History of the Early Patent Office by Kenneth W. Dobyns.
