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Egypt rejects US criticism on alleged rights violations
Egypt Wednesday called US criticism of its alleged rights violations "unacceptable," labeling a Monday White House statement [text; JURIST report] about the closure of the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid as "interference" (More) |
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US criticizes Egypt for alleged rights violations
The Bush administration expressed concern Monday about recent "setbacks on press freedom and civil society" in Egypt. Commenting on a recent Egyptian government order mandating the closure of the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid , Wh (More) |
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Egypt bans social gathering of opposition Muslim Brotherhood
The Egyptian government has banned an annual gathering of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] as part of its crackdown on opposition to the Egyptian government, a Brotherhood official said Sunday. The Brotherhood gathers annual (More) |
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Egypt arrests two Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers
Egyptian officials on Wednesday arrested two lawmakers from the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] in order to question them in a case involving "other Brotherhood members," according to a police official speaking anonymo (More) |
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Muslim Brotherhood military trial resumes in Egypt without outside observers
The military trial of 40 senior members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] resumed in Egypt Sunday despite criticism from Amnesty International regarding the country's failure to allow independent observers into (More) |
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Shi'ism, Sunnism and State Authority in Iraq
JURIST Guest Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the much-discussed ideological divide between Shi'is and Sunnis in Iraq is actually more subtle and complex than is usually depicted... There has b (More) |
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Egypt upper house election marred by violence, arrests
Egyptian police reportedly prevented voters from entering polling stations and arrested approximately 100 members from the banned opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] Monday as Egypt held elections for the Shura Council , (More) |
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Egypt police release extremists, arrest more Muslim Brotherhood members
More than one hundred Muslim extremists belonging to the group al-Jihad have been released from Egyptian prisons over the last two weeks, according to Egyptian police on Monday. The prisoners, many of whom had been held for over a decade, were rele (More) |
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Egypt appeals court allows Muslim Brotherhood military trial to proceed
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court ruled Monday that a military trial of forty top members of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] can go forward. The trial is scheduled to resume on June 3. The holding reverses last week&# (More) |
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Egypt parliament strips two Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers of immunity
The Egyptian Parliament Wednesday deprived two Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] lawmakers of their official immunity. Under Egyptian law, legislators enjoy immunity from prosecution unless the parliament votes to remove it. Sabr (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
