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Indonesia high court reinstates 15-year sentence for radical cleric
The Supreme Court of Indonesia on Monday restored a 15-year prison sentence for radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for his conviction on terrorism charges. Bashir appealed to the Supreme Court his conviction by the Jakarta High Court, whic (More) |
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Irregularities of Criminal Justice in Egypt and Iraq
JURIST Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the allegedly irregular criminal proceedings going on against Americans working for NGOs in Egypt and an Iraqi vice president appear ordinary to the members o (More) |
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Turkish retired general to be tried in lower court
An indictment against General Ilker Basbug was accepted by the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court on Wednesday, after Basbug's request to have his case heard by the Supreme State Council, a faction of Turkey's Constitutional Court , was denied. The (More) |
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Banning the Burqa and the European Identity Crisis
JURIST Guest Columnist Maurits Berger of Leiden University says the legal arguments in support of the burqa ban are feeble because their alleged rationale differs distinctively from the true aim: societal discomfort and the attempt to define national (More) |
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Syrian Diplomatic Recognition in International Law
JURIST Contributing Editor Chibli Mallat of the University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law says that countries seeking to promote peace and democracy can invoke Article 9 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations by declaring Syrian con (More) |
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Europe rights court blocks deportation of Muslim cleric
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday blocked the deportation [judgment; press release] of a Muslim cleric from the UK to Jordan. Abu Qatada is a Palestinian-Jordanian Islamic scholar who fled the Middle East under persecution to London (More) |
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Uncertainty for Iraqis as Troops Withdrawal and Private Contractors Remain
JURIST Guest Columnist Leila Sayed-Taha, DePaul University College of Law Class of 2012, currently works as a translator for Ace Languages Centre, where she aids asylum seekers at the Immigration Advisory Service. Here she discusses the ongoing issue (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Nigeria leaders to halt sectarian violence
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Nigerian leaders from all sectors of society to make a concerted effort to stop the recent violence against civilians unleashed by the Islamic militant group known as Boko Har (More) |
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Tenth Circuit upholds ruling blocking Oklahoma Islamic law ban
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday unanimously upheld a ruling blocking the implementation of an Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would have prohibited state courts from considering Islamic and international law in dec (More) |
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Iran court sentences alleged CIA spy to death
An Iranian court on Monday sentenced Iranian-American ex-marine American Amir Mirzaei Hekmati to death for espionage. Iran accused Hekmati of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and cooperating with an enemy government in an attempt (More) |
US Supreme Court said FCC could reprimand radio station for broadcasting comedian Carlin's "Filthy Words"
On July 3, 1978, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Federal Communications Commission had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's Filthy Words sketch.
Read FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.
