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UN rights chief condemns Mali violence
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemned human rights violations in Mali on Monday and called for international action to address the problems. Pillay stated that two militant Islamic groups, Movement for Unity and Jihad in West (More) |
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France opens inquiry into circumstances surrounding Arafat's death
The Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterr announced Tuesday that a three-judge panel will investigate the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. The investigation was prompted in August by Arafat's wid (More) |
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Federal judge dismisses mosque surveillance lawsuit to protect state secrets
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against the FBI alleging that it illegally directed its agents to spy on Muslim communities. Judge Cormac Carney dismissed the case after concl (More) |
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Tunisia: Springtime for Defamation of Religion
JURIST Guest Columnist Robert C. Blitt of the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Law argues that legislation recently introduced in Tunisia proposing to criminalize blasphemy underscores a pattern in predominantly Muslim countries that the (More) |
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California AG sues veterans charity for corruption
California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a veterans charity organization alleging that its executives engaged in fraudulent fundraising, false reporting to the IRS and other illegal activities. The lawsuit all (More) |
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Ninth Circuit dismisses Islamic charity wiretapping suit
The US Court for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision in favor of an Oregon-based Islamic nonprofit corporation challenging the Bush administration's warrantless wiretap program. The US District Court for the Northern Dis (More) |
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Iraq Oil Sector Misfortunes
JURIST Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that Iraq must reform portions of its commercial legal structure if it hopes to foster a sustainable oil industry... (More) |
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Obama announces new sanctions against Iran
US President Barack Obama [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday announced two new economic sanctions on Iran's oil exports that aim to cut the country's financial transactions with the Chinese and Iraqi banks allegedly doing business (More) |
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Arafat widow asks France to investigate suspected murder of the former Palestine leader
The widow and daughter of Yasser Arafat [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday asked a French court to investigate what they believe to be the murder of the former Palestinian leader. The allegations of Suha and Zahwa Arafat stem from a Swiss (More) |
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Iran court sentences four to death in fraud case
An Iranian court on Monday sentenced to death four individuals convicted on financial corruption charges, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported . The national news agency cited Prosecutor-General Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, who said tha (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.
