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Russia protest leader sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzlement
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced political activist and lawyer Alexei Navalny to five years in prison for embezzling USD $500,000 from a state-owned timber company. Navalny, a strong critic of President Vladimir Putin and a crusader against a (More) |
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ICC president calls on international community to bring war criminals to justice
Judge Sang Hyun Song , the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , on Tuesday urged the international community to commit to bringing perpetrators of war crimes and genocide to justice. Song's statement marked International Criminal J (More) |
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UN rights expert commends Myanmar for disbanding border patrol force
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar , Tomas Ojea Quintana, on Tuesday commended the Myanmar government for disbanding the Nasaka , a border patrol force that had been operating in Rakhine state . The Nasaka have been (More) |
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Is Edward Snowden Guilty of US Espionage Charges?
JURIST Guest Columnist Tung Yin of the Lewis & Clark Law School says that the key issue in assessing the espionage charge against Edward Snowden is whether his disclosure of the gathering of call data harmed the US or helped a foreign nation... (More) |
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Egypt authorities announce criminal investigation of Morsi
Egypt authorities on Saturday announced a criminal investigation of ousted president Mohamed Morsi [official BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who was deposed on July 3rd by the Egyptian military. Prosecutors have reported that they are investigat (More) |
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Russia court finds deceased whistleblower guilty of tax evasion
A Moscow court on Thursday convicted deceased lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and former client, William Browder, of tax evasion. Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009 under suspicious circumstances, was a lawyer for the Hermitage Capital Fund and was arr (More) |
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Increased Access to Emergency Contraception in Tummino is Good Policy and Good Precedent
JURIST Guest Columnist Andrea Miller, University of Minnesota Law School Class of 2015, explains how Judge Korman's decision in Tummino v. Hamburg creates solid policy and legal precedent... (More) |
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Egypt authorities order arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Mohammed Badie, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], as well as nine other leading Islamists, in an escalation of the crackdown against protesters of E (More) |
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UN rights office welcomes DRC progress against torture
The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) on Tuesday welcomed the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) progress in the fight against torture. According to the UNJHRO, the DRC has convicted at least five soldiers of the Congolese armed forces, (More) |
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Egypt military deposes President Morsi, suspends constitution
The Egyptian military on Wednesday deposed President Mohamed Morsi [official BBC profile; JURIST news archive], suspended the nation's constitution and installed an interim government headed by High Constitutional Court judge Adly Mansour. Protests (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.
