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UN rights chief: Egypt security measures encouraging radicalization
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said Monday that Egypt's recent security measures have been encouraging the very radicalization they were trying to control. In a press conference in Geneva, al-Hussein criticized the (More) |
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Emergency Declared: Stabbing the Rule of Law in Egypt
JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed Abdelaal, a professor at Alexandria University School of Law and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, discusses how the revival of the Emergency Law No. 162 of 1958 can negatively impact the rule of law (More) |
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LafargeHolcim CEO resigns after admitting company paid armed Syria groups
Eric Olsen , CEO of cement manufacturer LafargeHolcim , announced on Monday that he will resign following the discovery that LafargeHolcim had paid armed groups in Syria to prevent a factory from closing. French prosecutors are investigating the (More) |
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Cameroon restores Internet to English-speaking areas after shutdown
Internet services were returned to two areas of Cameroon with English-speaking populations on Friday following a three-month shutdown, according to a state-run radio report. President Paul Biya had restricted Internet services in Northwest and South (More) |
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Trial begins for France soldier accused of abusing minors in Burkina Faso
The Paris Criminal Court , began a trial Tuesday over the alleged abuse of two minors by a French soldier in Burkina Faso in 2015. The French soldier, only recognized by the name Sebastian L., is alleged to film himself touching the young girls in a (More) |
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Egypt parliament approves three-month state of emergency
The Parliament of Egypt on Tuesday gave its unanimous approval to a three-month state of emergency put in place by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi . Announced by Egypt's state-run news , the state of emergency was instituted in response to two dea (More) |
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Egypt president announces state of emergency after terror attacks
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi announced a national state of emergency following two terror attacks on Coptic Christian churches on Sunday. The attacks killed at least 44 people and injured 100 others after suicide bombers in two differen (More) |
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UN official: Mali peace agreement still threatened
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix described the security situation in Mali as "alarming" during his first briefing on Thursday. While acknowledging the progress resulting since the Agreement on Peace and Rec (More) |
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UN rights chief deplores recent civilian deaths in Mosul
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned the recent loss of civilian life in Mosul as a result of airstrikes and actions by Islamic State (IS) militants. Information from the UN Human Rights Office indicated (More) |
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Ontario appeals court: reporter must turn over communications with accused terrorist
The Court of Appeal for Ontario on Wednesday affirmed a ruling requiring a Vice Media reporter to turn over materials and communications used to write three stories regarding an accused terrorist in 2014. Ben Makuch communicated with and wrote thr (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.
