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Mali security forces killing civilians in small town: HRW
Malian security forces have killed civilians in the town of Niono in central Mali, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Saturday. HRW said that Mali's army has been targeting ethnic groups associated with rebels in the north, particularly Tuaregs (More) |
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UN report: Mali turmoil has led to human rights violations
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a November 2012 report on Friday, stating the crisis in Mali [CIA backgrounder, JURIST news archive] has led to human rights violations including rape, summary executions, (More) |
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ICC opens investigation into Mali war crimes
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced Wednesday that her office has officially launched an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Mali. The decision was based on information gathered through prel (More) |
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Iraq's Islamic Bank and the Islamicity of Interest
JURIST Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that, despite Islam's proscription against collecting interest, and a constitutional provision prohibiting laws that conflict with such Islamic rulings, Iraq's cou (More) |
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Mali interim president declares state of emergency
Mali [CIA backgrounder; JURIST news archive] interim president Dioncounda Traore , while under pressure from Mali's military, declared a state of emergency on Friday after Islamist rebels on Thursday captured the town of Konna. Traore called for Ma (More) |
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Egyptian opposition to appeal constitutional referendum
The Egyptian opposition on Sunday said it will appeal the referendum that appears to have voted in a new constitution backed by ruling Islamic parties. The opposition has alleged the vote was marred by fraud and irregularities, while the Muslim Bro (More) |
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Free Expression and An Elusive Middle Ground: Part One
JURIST Guest Columnist Faisal Kutty of the Valparaiso University Law School says that the global community must engage in a serious debate over the limits of free expression as it applies to the defamation of cultures and religions, and that in order (More) |
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Kabul Execution Spree Bodes Ill for Human Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Heather Barr, the Human Rights Watch researcher for Afghanistan, argues that the executions approved recently approved by Afghanistan's president are further distancing the country from its western support... (More) |
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Mali PM forced to resign after arrest by junta forces
The prime minister of Mali , Cheick Modibo Diarra, was forced to resign on state television Tuesday after junta soldiers arrested him for attempting to leave the country in light of the ongoing humanitarian crisis threatening the nation. Diarra's ou (More) |
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Protecting Civilians or Using Them as Pawns: The Israel-Hamas Conflict
JURIST Contributing Editor Laurie Blank of the Emory University School of Law says that more attention should be focused on the care taken by the Israel Defense Forces in its recent military actions in Gaza to protect civilian lives, in sharp contras (More) |
Continental Congress adopted Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence separating the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
Learn more about Independence Day from the Library of Congress.
