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HRW: Singapore violating freedom of speech rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated Friday that the Singapore government's new licensing requirements for news sources impinges on free speech . By placing a registration fee on sources that meet threshold levels of Internet traffic , HRW believes th (More) |
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UN concerned Russia NGOs being unfairly targeted by prosecutors
The UN released a letter on Thursday from UN human rights experts voicing their concern that two Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been charged by Russian prosecutors following their involvement with the UN Committee against Tortur (More) |
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UN SG: Egypt draft laws must adhere to international human rights norms
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a statement on Thursday reenforcing the need for any new Egyptian draft law should respect human rights standards. The statement came as concern over increased convictions of international NGO personnel mo (More) |
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ACLU challenges US deportation practices
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles federal court, alleging that Border Patrol and immigration officers are guilty of coercing hundreds, or possibly thousands of Mexican nationals into signing thei (More) |
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Bangladesh lifts YouTube ban
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission on Wednesday lifted the country's ban against YouTube . The website has been banned since September, after an anti-Islam movie appeared on the site. The movie, titled Innocence of Muslims , is (More) |
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UN report: war crimes escalating in Syria
A panel of UN human rights experts on Tuesday issued their latest report [text, PDF; UN News Centre report] on the Syria conflict , detailing escalating war crimes committed by both sides. Both France and the US have claimed to have found evidence r (More) |
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ICC postpones proceedings against former Ivory Coast president
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday gave prosecutors until November 15 to develop their evidence against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo . Ggabo is the first former head of state to come before the court and is (More) |
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Egypt court convicts 43 NGO employees, orders NGO closures
An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted 43 foreign and domestic non-governmental organization (NGO) employees of promoting democracy in Egypt without proper documentation and of receiving funds from abroad in violation of Egyptian law. Those convicte (More) |
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New York man extradited to Bosnia and Herzegovina to face war crimes charges
New York resident Sulejman Mujagic has been extradited to his native country of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for war crimes committed in the 1990s, officials said Monday. His extradition is the result of charges for allegedly killing and torturing (More) |
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Wikileaks informant trial begins
The bench trial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] started Monday at Forte Meade, Maryland, nearly three years after his initial arrest . Manning faces a variety of charges related to his release of thousands of cla (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.
