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Afghanistan court sentences 5 to death for armed robbery, sexual assault
An Afghanistan court of appeals on Monday sentenced five men to death for their involvement in the armed robbery and gang-rape of a family outside Kabul. Two other defendants, out of the original group of seven defendants who allegedly stopped the (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) |
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AI urges Thailand junta to end 'spiral of repression'
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday called upon [report; press release] Thailand's military to end the "spiral of repression" that has been present since the military imposed martial law in May. The report, entitled "Attitude adjustment—10 (More) |
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HRW accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused the Israeli military of committing war crimes over the summer by attacking schools where hundreds of displaced Palestinians sought shelter. The three attacks, which took place on July 24, July 30 and Au (More) |
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UN rights experts urge Saudi Arabia to place moratorium on executions
Two experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to implement an immediate moratorium on the death penalty following an increase in executions, with a significant number of the executio (More) |
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Evidence of war crimes on both sides of Ukraine conflict: Amnesty
Amnesty International (AI) said Sunday that both Ukrainian militia and separatist forces may be responsible for war crimes , with all sides of the conflict showing disregard for civilian lives. AI Secretary General Salil Shetty called on the involv (More) |
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HRW: African Union soldiers sexually exploiting Somali women
Soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have been sexually exploiting and assaulting Somali women, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. The abuses have allegedly occurred on two AMISOM military bases in the Somalian city (More) |
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Thailand rights activists call for end to martial law
A group of Thailand human rights activists denounced the country's state of martial law on Monday, accusing the ruling military junta of imposing a judicial "twilight zone." The rights group has called for an end to martial law which was institute (More) |
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UN tribunal overturns ruling in favor of whistleblower
The UN Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) last week overturned a decision in favor of a whistleblower involved with the UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. James Wasserstrom, a US diplomat currently serving as an anti-corruption officer at the US embassy in K (More) |
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International Law and the Uncertainty of Rights for LGBT People
JURIST Guest Columnist, Graeme Reid, of Human Rights Watch, discusses the weakening of LGBT rights in international law ... For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people the law is a paradox. The law can operate as an instrument of repr (More) |
Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants
On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially-restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.
