Italy justice minister denounces prosecutor 'pressure' on CIA extraditions
Italian Justice Minister Roberto Castelli has accused Milan prosecutors of unlawfully pressuring him to request the extradition from the US of 22 CIA agents allegedly responsible for the 2003 kidnapping and extraordinary rendition [JURIST...
A Human Rights Watch expert Thursday told members of a European Parliament committee formed to investigate allegations that the US has transferred prisoners through Europe on secret extraordinary rendition flights that the United States...
Ayman Nour , the Egyptian opposition leader jailed for forgery after his unsuccessful campaign last year, has filed an appeal and requested a suspension of his five-year sentence until the appeals court can rule on the...
Egypt rights groups condemn defamation charges against judges
Human rights groups have condemned the Egyptian Higher Judiciary Council's decision to strip three judges of immunity after they protested voting irregularities during the December parliamentary elections. Members of a group known as the Judges...
International brief ~ Egyptian judges to face government slander charges
Leading Friday's international brief, four high profile Egyptian judges who spoke out against fellow colleagues accused of rigging votes in last year's presidential elections have been stripped of judicial immunity and are scheduled to be questioned by Egyptian police...
Egypt voting law proposal prompts outcry from Muslim Brotherhood
The Egyptian opposition Muslim Brotherhood has promised to fight legislation backed by President Hosni Mubarak that would delay local elections in Egypt for an another two years and preserve the...
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights has said that it will conduct its own investigation into the sinking of a ferry carrying 1,400 Egyptians in the Red Sea earlier this month. Another Egyptian NGO, the...
UN ambassadors from Panama and South Africa Thursday circulated a draft compromise resolution in the UN General Assembly outlining provisions for a UN Human Rights Council to replace the current 53-member Commission on Human Rights...
British politicians, writers and comedians are urging members of the UK House of Commons to accept freedom of speech revisions in the controversial Racial and Religious Hatred Bill , which returns to the Commons for...
The Egyptian government has said that it will not deport hundreds of Sudanese detainees who lack status as refugees or asylum seekers. The detainees were arrested after a three-month sit-in protest in front of UN offices in Cairo resulted...
