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Egypt to elect president before voting on parliament
Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour announced in a televised speech on Sunday that Egypt will hold presidential elections before conducting parliamentary elections. The parliamentary elections were supposed to happen first under the timetable a (More) |
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Egypt court sentences Islamist leader to year in jail for anti-judiciary comments
The Cairo Criminal Court on Monday sentenced outspoken ultraconservative Islamist leader and former presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail to a year in prison for comments allegedly made at another trial. In that trial, during which he stood ac (More) |
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Liberia justice minister suspended by Supreme Court
The Liberian Supreme Court on Friday barred Justice Minister Christiana Tah from practicing law for six months, according to Liberia's state radio, after being found guilty of contempt. The ruling cited Tah's decision to grant "compassionate relea (More) |
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Egypt court convicts 113 Muslim Brotherhood supporters in three trials
Three courts in Egypt sentenced 113 supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and the Muslim Brotherhood [party website, JURIST news archive] on Thursday. In one of the largest mass trials to date, (More) |
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Ousted Egypt ruling party files complaint with ICC alleging crimes against humanity
The Muslim Brotherhood [party website, JURIST news archive] has filed a complaint in the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging widespread and systematic crimes against humanity have been committed by the Egyptian military since its July coup (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 139 protesters in mass trial
An Egyptian court Monday sentenced 139 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to two year prison terms on a variety of charges including rioting and sabotage. The protestors were arrested during a July (More) |
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Syria, Iraq, Egypt deadliest nations for journalists: report
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published a report Tuesday finding Syria the most dangerous nation in the world for journalists, with Egypt and Iraq just behind. The CPJ's report found that of the estimated 70 journalists killed worldwi (More) |
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Egyptian authorities detain Al Jazeera journalists
Egyptian authorities on Sunday detained four journalists working for the Al Jazeera English news channel. The journalists have been accused of broadcasting illegally, spreading false information and information aimed at inciting the public, and me (More) |
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HRW urges Egypt government to remove terrorist label from Muslim Brotherhood
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged the Egyptian government to reverse its decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood [party website, JURIST news archive] as a terrorist organization, calling the label politically driven. The declaration , ma (More) |
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Egypt government declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
Egypt's interim government on Wednesday officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood [party website, JURIST news archive] a terrorist group following the bombing of a police station earlier this week that killed 16 people. The official label allows (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.
