The US State Department (DOS) on Wednesday released its 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . Announcing the release , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the new Barack Obama administration...
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Monday that a long-awaited decision on a controversial arrest warrant sought for Sudanese head of state Omar al-Bashir would be...
Egypt on Sunday called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for a least a year, in order to allow peace talks...
Egypt releases jailed opposition politician for medical reasons
Egyptian authorities in Cairo released imprisoned political opposition leader Ayman Nour late Wednesday for medical reasons. Egypt's public prosecutor Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud unexpectedly announced the release of nine prisoners for medical reasons, including Nour....
Egypt court imprisons opposition leader for illegally entering Gaza
An Egyptian military court on Wednesday sentenced an Islamist opposition leader to two years in prison for illegally entering Gaza. Magdy Ahmed Hussein, leader of the Labor Party , was arrested last month on suspicion of...
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that instead of leaving the door open for the CIA to continue to engage in the rendition of terrorism suspects to other countries so long as the process...
Egypt's Agouza Appeals Court Saturday overturned the prison sentences of four newspaper editors convicted of defaming President Hosni Mubarak and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) . The four men, Ibrahim Eissa, editor of Al Dustour;...
The Supreme Court of Uganda on Wednesday ruled that the death penalty is not prohibited by Uganda's constitution because it does not constitute cruel and inhuman punishment. The decision comes on an...
JURIST Guest Columnist Amos Guiora of the University of Utah College of Law says that while self-defense (in the classic model) is the legal basis for Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" against Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces' re-articulation of proportionality and...
Egypt suspends 280 police officers for alleged human rights violations
Egyptian Deputy Interior Minister Hamid Rashid Sunday announced the suspension and investigation of 280 police officers alleged to have abused their power and committed human rights violations. In a statement before the Egyptian Parliament, Rashid...
