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China denounces Spain court's indictment of former president
Chinese officials on Monday denounced the Spanish National Court's recent indictment against former Chinese president Hu Jintao . The Spanish criminal court on Friday accepted an appeal by two Spanish pro-Tibet rights groups to include Hu in an in (More) |
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UN SG urges EU to focus on migrants' rights
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile; JURIST news archive] on Saturday urged the international community to take action after a second migrant ship capsized near the Italian island of Lampedusa last week during an attempt to cross from (More) |
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Spain court to hear appeal in probe of ex-China president
Spain's National Court accepted an appeal by two Spanish pro-Tibet rights groups to include former Chinese president Hu Jintao in an investigation of alleged genocide against Tibetans. In accepting the appeal, the court ruled that Spain was compe (More) |
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HRW: Syria rebels have committed war crimes
Human Rights Watch reported Friday that rebel fighters in Syria committed war crimes by killing at least 190 civilians and abducting more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages that took place of August 4. The report, titled, "'Y (More) |
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Former Pakistan president Musharraf arrested over 2007 Red Mosque killings
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] was arrested on Thursday for charges relating to the death of radical cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi who died during an operation ordered by Musharraf on Islamabad's Red Mosqu (More) |
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Canada court upholds law against doctor-assisted suicide
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia on Thursday upheld Canada's law against doctor-assisted suicide. Justice Lynn Smith for the Supreme Court of British Columbia had ruled last year that the provisions of Canada's Criminal Code unjustly viol (More) |
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Kenya Withdrawal from ICC a Symptom of Political Brainwash
JURIST Guest Columnist Roland Adjovi, Academic Director of the Arcadia Center for East African Studies says that while the Kenyan vote to withdraw from the ICC masks the greater danger of polarization in Africa opposing much needed applications of in (More) |
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UN rights expert urges EU to focus on migrants' rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Francois Crepeau urged the EU on Monday to adopt a new approach to migration that focuses on the rights of migrants. The discussion was centered around last week's sinking of the Lampedusa (More) |
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UN rights expert calls on Sudan to charge or release detained protesters
A UN independent rights expert on Thursday expressed "deep concern" about the Sudanese government's detention of citizens and heavy media censorship. According to reports, at least 800 activists were arrested during a demonstration concerning the f (More) |
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Pakistan has Failed to Comply with Counterterrorism Obligations under International Law
JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Robert P. Barnidge, Jr. of the Jindal Global Law School says that Pakistan has failed to comply with its counterterrorism obligations under international law and that this should be kept in mind when assessing the US' use (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.
