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Rights group: EU too lenient on Hungary media abuses
The EU has not done enough to address media abuses in Hungary, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report Tuesday. The international free press advocacy group stated in its report "Balancing Act" that, despite the EU's efforts to (More) |
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Egypt president pardons jailed Al Jazeera journalists
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardoned two Al Jazeera journalists Wednesday who had been sentenced in late August for releasing video footage that allegedly contained false news in support of the Muslim Brotherhood . Mohamed Fahmy and Ba (More) |
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HRW urges Jordan to strengthen penal code, protect human rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday released a letter to Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour encouraging the strengthening of amendments proposed to the country's 1960 penal code to better protect human rights. The articles, which are under re (More) |
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Decoding the Politics Underlying the Resolution on Protection of the Family
JURIST Guest Columnist Arvind Narrain of ARC discusses the intricacies of the definition of family in the international human rights arena and what this means for LGBTI people, women and children...A significant development in the 29th Session of th (More) |
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UN rights expert: Al Jazeera journalists 'should be protected, not prosecuted'
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye spoke out Tuesday against prison sentences handed down to three Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt earlier this week. Mohamed Fahmy, Bahar Mohamed and Peter Greste received three-year prison (More) |
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Egypt's Anti-Terrorism Law: A Needed Step or A Legislative Redundancy?
JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed Abdelaal of Alexandria University Faculty of Law discusses Egypt's anti-terrorism law... After the revolution of 2011, which resulted in President Hosni Mubarak being forced to step down, delegating his powers to the a (More) |
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Three Al Jazeera journalists receive multi-year prison sentence in Egypt
On appeal from a guilty verdict in 2014, three Al Jazeera journalists on Saturday received a three-year prison sentence [Al Jazeera report] for their roles in releasing video footage that allegedly contained false news in support of the Muslim Brot (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 89 Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment
An Egyptian criminal court on Saturday sentenced Mohamed Badie and 88 other Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment for their role in a 2013 attack on a police station. First reported by Middle East News Agency (MENA), Egypt's state-run new (More) |
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HRW: New Egypt counterterrorism law threatens press
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday criticized Egypt's new counterterrorism law saying it infringes on freedom of the press. The new law also gives prosecutors the power to detain suspects without a court order. The HRW Deputy Middle East and North Af (More) |
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Egypt passes sweeping anti-terrorism legislation
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi [BBC profile] on Monday approved a 54-article counter-terrorism law which has been met with significant controversy as many believe it to be an infringement on freedom of the press. Many have said that the la (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.
