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Egypt authorities arrest Muslim Brotherhood leader
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday arrested Mohammed Badie, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Egyptian authorities ordered the arrest of Badie after escalating violence last month resulted in over (More) |
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Madagascar elections court removes candidates from ballot
The special electoral court of Madagascar on Saturday announced that it has removed President Andry Rajoelina , former president Didier Ratsiraka and Lalao Ravalomanana , the wife of former president Marc Ravalomanana , from the country's list of (More) |
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UN rights experts urge immediate end to violence in Egypt
A group of independent UN rights experts on Friday urged all parties involved in the Egyptian civil unrest to end the recent violence. The Coordination Committee , composed of six experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to oversee human ri (More) |
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UN SG condemns violence in Egypt
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned the latest violent clashes in Egypt. While the situation in Egypt is ongoing and the UN is still gathering information on the day's events, the secretary-general admonished Egyptian authoriti (More) |
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Nazi war crimes suspect dies awaiting trial
Laszlo Csatary, a 98-year-old Hungarian man charged with the unlawful execution and torture of people in connection with the Holocaust, died Monday after suffering a number of medical problems. Csatary died in a Hungarian hospital while awaiting tr (More) |
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HRW states July 29 Iraq bombings were crimes against humanity
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Sunday that the Islamic State of Iraq , a suspected al Qaeda branch, had committed crimes against humanity during the July 29 bombings in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for a series of c (More) |
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Venezuela high court dismisses presidential election lawsuit
The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by presidential candidate Henrique Capriles challenging the results of the March election. Capriles lost narrowly to Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela's presidential election, which took pl (More) |
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Mali top court dismisses allegations of electoral fraud
Mali's Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected allegations of electoral fraud in the country's first round of presidential elections. The court confirmed former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as the winner of Mali's July 28 first round pre (More) |
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ICC prosecutor voices concern over situation in Central African Republic
Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) , released a statement on Wednesday expressing her concern over the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR). Bensouda called upon the interna (More) |
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The Zimmerman Verdict and Jury Nullification
JURIST Guest Columnist Liz Clark Rinehart, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Class of 2015, explores the role of reverse jury nullification in the context of the George Zimmerman trial... (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.
