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UN-backed Libya government receives vote of no confidence
Libya's House of Representatives gave the country's Government of National Accord (GNA) a vote of no confidence on Monday. The Tripoli and western-based GNA is supported by Western powers and the UN, but the eastern-based House of Representatives vot (More) |
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Iraq executes 36 convicts involved in the Speicher Massacre
Officials in the Iraqi province of Dhi Qar on Sunday administered the hanging of 36 men convicted for their participation in the Speicher massacre of 2014. The event infamously involved the kidnapping and killing of 1,700 military recruits by Sunni (More) |
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UN alarmed by catastrophic levels of suffering in Nigeria
The United Nations (UN) on Friday said that it is becoming increasingly alarmed by "catastrophic" levels of suffering in Nigeria, as more rights violations are being exposed while the anti-Boko Haram military campaign advances . Adrian Edwards, a sp (More) |
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UN report details "terrible atrocities" committed by ISIL in Iraq
The United Nations (UN) issued a report on Thursday detailing the "terrible atrocities" committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Yezidi people and other ethnic and religious groups. The report was put together by th (More) |
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France court upholds ban on full-body 'burkini' swimsuits
A Nice court on Saturday upheld a ban on full-body swimsuits, known as burkinis, in the southern French city of Cannes. The city's mayor imposed the ban last month after authorities and surrounding residents criticized the full body swimsuits for be (More) |
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Maldives president signs controversial defamation law
Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Thursday signed into law a controversial bill criminalizing defamation with fines and jail terms despite widespread criticism. The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye issued a warning (More) |
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Iran executes nuclear scientist for defecting to US
An Iranian judiciary spokesman announced on Sunday that a nuclear scientist was executed for providing the US with state secrets. Shahram Amir previously went missing in 2009 while embarking on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Amir reemerged in the US (More) |
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UN SG applauds EU for donation to anti-Boko Haram task force
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Thursday applauded the European Union for donating 50 million euro (approximately $55,435,000 USD) to the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF). The MNJTF was created by Lake Chad basin countries i (More) |
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Indonesia Supreme Court denies appeal of radical cleric
A three-member panel for the Supreme Court of Indonesia rejected a radical Islamic leader's appeal of his conviction on Thursday. Abu Bakar Bashir, religious leader of the southeast-Asian Jemaah Islamiyah militants, had requested judicial review of (More) |
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UN: Islamic State continues to commit genocide in Northern Iraq
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his concern for the human rights violations faced by the Yazidi minority in Northern Iraq on Wednesday, stating that actions of the Islamic State (IS) may amount to genocide. Two years ago the IS attacked t (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
