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IRAQ: Citizenship and Women's Rights under the Iraqi Constitution
Sara Burhan Abdullah, Pitt Law LLM '08 and JD '12, was an observer to the Iraqi Constitutional Review Committee. She shares her experiences with the issue of inheritance of citizenship and women's rights in her home country of Iraq...Unde (More) |
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Russia court grants child custody to HIV-positive woman
A Russian court on Monday awarded an HIV-positive woman custody of her younger brother. Svetlana Izambayeva sought custody rights in February after her mother's death left the boy orphaned, but was denied by a city court because of her HIV stat (More) |
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Russia PM calls for human rights protections in Caucasus region
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin [official website, in Russian; JURIST news archive] on Saturday called for a new age of human rights and safety in the embattled Caucasus region of Russia, where the killings of journalists and human rights act (More) |
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End to HIV entry ban brings US into compliance with human rights laws
Sara Perle and Samara Fox [Acting Communications Director and Intern, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission]: "The 22-year-old HIV/AIDS ban on the entry into the United States of HIV-positive individuals who are not US citizens e (More) |
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Taiwan ex-president Chen to be tried in closed-door proceedings Friday
A Taiwanese court said Monday that former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will be tried Friday in closed-door proceedings. The High Court said that proceedings, set for 9:30 AM Friday, would be closed to the med (More) |
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Not guilty plea entered in attempted plane bombing
A plea of not guilty was entered in a US federal court Friday for Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, indicted on six counts for allegedly attempting to set off an explosive device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 bound from Amsterdam to D (More) |
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Obama announces enhanced air security guidelines after completion of review
US President Barack Obama on Thursday called for stricter airline security measures as he announced the conclusion of two security reviews he ordered after the failed attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate an explosive device on Northwes (More) |
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DOJ announces indictment in attempted plane bombing
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has been indicted on six counts for allegedly attempting to set off an explosive device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 bound from Amsterdam t (More) |
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Lifting HIV travel ban marks end to era of American discrimination
Victoria Neilson [Legal Director, Immigration Equality]: "On Monday, with relatively little fanfare, the US closed a chapter on an era of discrimination and intolerance. Since 1987, any non-citizen seeking to enter the US was prohibited from do (More) |
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Obama pledges to improve air security as rights groups challenge screening
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to improve airline passenger security, calling last month's attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 "a failure to integrate and understand the intelligence." Obama said that the (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
