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Spain court frees 9 ETA prisoners
Spain's National Court in Madrid on Friday ordered nine imprisoned members of the Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] released in compliance with a European Court of Human Rights (E (More) |
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AI accuses Vietnam of repressive laws
Vietnamese authorities are using repressive laws, unfair trials and harsh prison conditions against activists who oppose the ruling Communist government, according to a report released Thursday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report claims that (More) |
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Spain officials will not review amnesty law
Spanish officials on Wednesday told the UN that they will not reexamine the state's action during the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War and the Franco era. In 1977, Spain enacted a law that granted amnesty for political crimes committed during these period (More) |
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UN rights chief concerned over death sentences for Bangladesh mutineers
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website; JURIST news archive], urged the Bangladesh government on Wednesday not to carry out the death sentences of 152 paramilitary soldiers under reports of due process violations leadi (More) |
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Bangladesh court sentences 152 individuals to death over 2009 mutiny
A Bangladeshi court sentenced 152 former members of a paramilitary border security force, the 13th Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Battalion, to death on Tuesday in connection with their participation in a February 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST new (More) |
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Michigan pro-life group challenges health care contraception provision
Right to Life of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court in the Western District of Michigan on Monday over provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] that require insurance (More) |
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UN rights experts call for international regulation of private military companies
The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries on Monday urged governments to implement a binding international agreement to regulate the activities of private military and security companies (PMSCs). The working group found that current national (More) |
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Prosecution of War Crimes Will Not End the Conflict in Syria
JURIST Guest Columnist Leslie Esbrook, Yale Law School Class of 2015, shows how the current international framework applies to recent international conflicts... (More) |
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New Delhi court begins appeal on death sentence for four convicted of rape
The High Court in New Delhi on Saturday began the appeal of the death penalty sentence for the fatal gang-rape of an Indian student last December. Although six men were charged with the rape and murder of the student, only four received the death (More) |
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Physician-Assisted Suicide Goes Back to Court in Canada
JURIST Guest Columnist Laura Crestohl, McGill University Faculty of Law Class of 2014, explains Carter v. Canada and its impact of physician-assisted suicide...The case Carter v. Canada is bringing the issue of physician-assisted suicide back to the (More) |
World Press Freedom day
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day.
On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen, the first African American to practice law in the United States, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar.
Read a contemporary newspaper account of his admission.
