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Sudan appoints new prosecutor for Darfur crimes
Sudan's Ministry of Justice on Tuesday appointed a new special prosecutor for crimes committed in Darfur . Justice Minister Mohamed Bushara Dousa announced Yasir Ahmed Mohamed, a senior counselor, as the new prosecutor who will handle criminal case (More) |
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UN: Sudan must improve human rights
Newly appointed UN Independent Expert on Human Rights in Sudan, Mashood Adebayo Baderin, said on Friday, following his first mission to Sudan, that the country still needs to take further steps to ensure its people have adequate human rights. He re (More) |
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UN SG issues report on violations against children in conflict zones
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a new report on Monday detailing the violations committed against children in conflict zones. The report discussed each conflict zone, including Afghanistan [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], Central (More) |
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Rights group urges Israel to end migrant detention law
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Israel on Sunday not to enforce its "Anti-Infiltration" policy, claiming the law violates asylum-seekers' "basic rights." According to HRW, Israel will soon begin enforcing the new law which reflects amendments made (More) |
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Malawi declines to host African Union summit over al-Bashir invitation
The government of Malawi announced on Friday that it will not host the African Union (AU) [official website; JURIST news archive] summit in July after the AU invited Sudanese president and war crimes suspect Omar al-Bashir to the summit. Bashir is (More) |
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Uganda violence against children continues: UN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon submitted a report on Wednesday to the UN Security Council concerning the situation of children affected by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in Uganda. The report concluded (More) |
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ICC prosecutor: cut off aid for countries refusing to arrest al-Bashir
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said Monday that economic or other aid should be refused to those countries that assist Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir [ICC materials; JURIST news archive] in evading the arr (More) |
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Sudan stoning death violates international laws: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Sudanese government to reform its discriminatory laws and abolish both the death penalty and all corporal punishment after a young Sudanese woman was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Intisa (More) |
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UNESCO condemns killing of two Pakistani journalists
The Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) , Irina Bokova , on Friday condemned the increasing number of murders of journalists in Pakistan and urged the government to investigate the crimes. Pakistani (More) |
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UNESCO expresses concern over Somalia journalist's death
Director General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) , Irina Bokova , expressed her concern Tuesday over the murder of Somali journalist Ahmed Addow Anshur, who was killed last week. Anshur was shot in Mogadishu, S (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
