Afghanistan's human rights progress has been thwarted by armed conflict, censorship, abuse of power, and violence against women, according to a report delivered Thursday to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ...
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JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jonathan Horowitz, Research Director at human rights and public interest investigation firm One World Research, says that notwithstanding the pending closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison and all the publicity surrounding that, if the US government...
Human rights figures and political leaders around the world hailed Thursday's executive order by US President Barack Obama closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay...
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says the pending closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison by executive order of new US President Barack Obama pointedly leaves open the politically and legally troubling question of what...
Obama must not allow Bagram prison to remain an Afghan version of Guantanamo
Sahr MuhammedAlly : "On January 20th, President-elect Barack Obama will inherit the responsibility for thousands of detainees being held by the United States in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq. Obama has already...
UN human rights chief urges end to death penalty in Afghanistan
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged Afghan President Hamad Karzai to put a stop to executions and join nations calling for a death penalty moratorium. The...
To End All War: Restoring America as a Champion of Peace and Law
On the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, JURIST Contributing Editor Mary Ellen O'Connell of Notre Dame Law School says that US President-elect Obama should act quickly to bring the United States back into compliance with international...
Afghan journalism student death sentence reduced to 20-year prison term
The death sentence of Afghan journalism student Sayad Parwaz Kambaksh was reduced Tuesday to 20 years' imprisonment by an Afghan appeals court. Kambaksh was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender...
Afghan journalism student appeals death sentence for blasphemy
An Afghan appeals court heard testimony Sunday from journalism student Sayad Parwaz Kambaksh , who was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender roles under Islam. Kambaksh denied the accusations in front...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai rejected calls for the reinstatement of a moratorium on the death penalty Monday, saying that while he prefers life sentences, he will abide by Islamic law's sanctioning of the...
