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Egypt rights record criticized before UN body
Envoys from the US and UK strongly criticized the Egyptian government Wednesday during a session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Remarks by the two nations came during the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) [UN backgroun (More) |
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UN urges end of impunity for crimes against journalists
The UN on Sunday observed the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists after the resolution to do so was adopted in December of last year. The date commemorates the assassination of two French journalists, Gislaine Dup (More) |
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Egypt court orders detention of prominent activist
An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the detention of Alaa Abdel-Fattah , one of one of Egypt's most prominent pro-democracy activists, at the start of his retrial for breaking a law on demonstrations. Abdel-Fattah was convicted in June for organizi (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 23 protesters to prison
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 23 activists to three years in prison for protesting without a permit, an act that violates a law enacted in November 2013. The men were arrested in June while protesting the restrictive protest law that requir (More) |
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Egypt declares state of emergency in Sinai Peninsula
Egypt on Saturday declared a three-month state of emergency in the north and center of the Sinai Peninsula following a suicide bombing that killed at least 31 soldiers. The measures will begin [Al Jazeera report] at 3:00 GMT on Saturday, according t (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 7 Islamic militants to death
An Egyptian military tribunal on Tuesday confirmed the death sentences of seven Islamic militants who were convicted of killing army officers. The original charges [Al Ahram report] brought against the Islamic militants were shooting at security for (More) |
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Egypt jails Muslim Brotherhood leaders for 15 years over lawyer's torture
An Egyptian court on Saturday jailed eight men, including two Muslim Brotherhood leaders, for 15 years over the torture of a lawyer during 2011 uprisings against former president Hosni Mubarak . The defendants were convicted of torturing, electrocut (More) |
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Constitutionality of Constitutional Acts in Egypt: Can the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court Extend its Jurisdiction?
JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed Abdelaal, of the Alexandria University School of Law in Egypt, discusses the complexities of the current state of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court...After the now-ousted President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Br (More) |
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Egyptian judge involved in mass sentences of Muslim Brotherhood removed from post
Egyptian judge Said Youssef was removed from his position on the Minya Criminal Court of Egypt [Middle East Monitor news archive] on Tuesday to a seat on the civilian judicial court in Egypt. The Minya court, known as one of the nation's terrorism (More) |
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Egypt court sentences top Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison
An Egyptian court Monday sentenced Mohamed Badie [Washington Institute backgrounder; JURIST news archive], leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood , to life in prison and 14 others to 25 years in prison for murder and inciting violence. The case a (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.
