On December 17, 2010, a vegetable vendor in Tunisia set himself ablaze in open defiance of police harassment, igniting the spark for a wave of democratic revolutions that spread like wildfire across the Arab world. In the decade since the revolutions swept the region, Tunisia has stood out as a success story, being the only [...]
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Beat the Drum for War: Vladimir Putin Through a Middle Eastern and Arab Looking Glass
The Russian-Ukrainian crisis started to deteriorate in early 2021 when Ukraine arrested pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk on allegations of conspiring a coup d’etat, and Russia initiated military exercises near the Ukrainian border. Russia is the second-largest oil producer, trailing only the United States, and the third-leading oil exporter, behind Saudi Arabia and the United Arab [...]
Judge Victoria Roberts of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit by the Arab American Civil Rights League against Proclamation No. 9645, the Trump Administration’s third iteration of of the so-called travel ban that restricts travel from seven countries, can move forward. The Proclamation states that, after [...]
ICC declines to refer Jordan to UN for failing to arrest Sudan's al-Bashir
The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Monday that Jordan, as a party to the Rome Statute, was obligated to arrest Sudan’s former leader Omar al-Bashir during his 2017 visit to Amman for an Arab League Summit. The ICC declined, however, to refer Jordan to the Assembly of States Parties or the UN Security Council, reversing [...]
ICC announces referral of Jordan to Security Council over Bashir visit
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday announced that it will refer the Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations Security Council over its failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir . The...
African and European leaders' joint statement condemns migrant slave trade
African and European leaders, gathered in Abidjan for the 5th AU/EU Summit , condemned in a joint statement the inhuman treatment of African migrants and refugees by criminal groups. The statement is seen as an response to...
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to disclose the draft of the so-called "Muslim ban" executive ored. Arab American Civil Rights League v. Trump, is a...
Federal judge: executive order on immigration does not restrict legal residents
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued an order on Thursday that enjoins two subsections of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The...
JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane, founding Chief Prosecutor of the international war crimes tribunal in West Africa, discusses the UN's recent action that will allow for independent justice-seeking organizations to hold accountable parties committing international crimes in Syria... On...
Research finds highest increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes since 9/11
A new report compiled by California State University, San Bernardino and released on Saturday found an increase in hate crimes in 2015, particularly among Muslims and Arab-Americans. The study compiled data from 20 states, representing over 53...