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Belarus protesters call for release of opposition leaders
Over 1,000 protesters gathered in Minsk Monday to call for the release of opposition politicians in Belarus , including Alexander Milinkevich [official website; Wikipedia profile], who was jailed last week for attending an illegal demonstration. M (More) |
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Belarus opposition leader jailed
Belarus authorities have sentenced Alexander Milinkevich [official website; Wikipedia profile] and three other opposition leaders to a fifteen-day jail term for attending an illegal demonstration after arresting them Thursday. At the peaceful rally (More) |
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Belarus opposition leader arrested at rally
Leading Belarusian opposition figure Alexander Milinkevich [official website; Wikipedia profile] was arrested Wednesday along with other demonstrators at a rally in Minsk, according to activists. About 7,000 opposition members gathered for what is t (More) |
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A Farce of Law: The Trial of Saddam Hussein
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler, an American member of Saddam Hussein's legal defense team and a professor of law at An-Najah National University on the Palestinian West Bank, says that Hussein's trial is unfair and orchestrate (More) |
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Israel justice ministry extends travel ban for nuclear whistleblower
A travel ban on Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has been extended for another year, Vanunu's lawyer said Thursday. Israel's Ministry of Justice has rejected Vanunu's appeal, saying that he could reveal more military sec (More) |
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Israel high court permits completion of security barrier near Jerusalem
The Israel High Court of Justice has ruled that the Israeli government can continue construction of the security fence it has been building around the city of Jerusalem, rejecting Palestinian requests for injunctions to delay work near several Pal (More) |
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Belarus opposition leader released from prison
Belarus opposition politician and former foreign economic relations minister Mikhail Marinich was released from prison Friday, after having served nearly two years of a two and a half year sentence. Arrested in April 2004 and convicted of theft o (More) |
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EU imposes travel ban against Belarus president, officials over elections
The European Union on Monday approved a travel ban on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko [official website, BBC profile] and 30 other top government officials in response to his government's crackdown on political protesters following t (More) |
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EU to impose travel ban against Belarus officials over elections
European Union diplomats on Thursday evening are expected to approve a travel ban on 31 high-level Belarus governmental officials, including the president, in reaction to the controversial March 19th presidential election and the subsequent crackd (More) |
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Trying Charles Taylor: Justice Here, There, Anywhere?
JURIST Guest Columnists Amy Ross of the University of Georgia Department of Geography and Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), say that the debate over where to try ex-Liberian president Cha (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
