Saudi citizen receives 7-year sentence for insulting Twitter post
Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh on Monday handed down a seven-year sentence to a Saudi citizen as well as numerous other punitive measures for a Twitter post the court deemed insulting to...
Crossroads or a Curve: The Death Penalty and the 2016 Election
JURIST Guest Columnist Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier of CUNY School of Law discusses the death penalty and the 2016 election...Commentators will be debating the causes and impact of the outcome of the November 8, 2016 US presidential election for a long...
The Parliament of Iraq on Saturday voted to give militias fighting Islamic State" (IS) militant group legal status in the country. The 208 votes allow Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd Al-Sha'abi) to fight the militant group throughout...
A German court says the trial of a former medic who served at the Auschwitz death camp must be postponed due to complaints. The Neubrandenburg state court has received numerous complaints that the judge and others...
Former Argentina dictator, military leaders sentenced to prison for Operation Condor
Argentina's last dictator, Reynaldo Bignone, and other former military officers were sentenced to prison on Friday for their roles in Operation Condor in the 1970s. The criminal court in Buenos Aires, composed of judges Adrián...
Zimbabwe: more than 2,000 prisoners released over congestion, food shortage
More than 2,000 inmates across Zimbabwe were granted amnesty and released from prison due to overcrowding and a lack of food, according to a report Thursday. President Robert Mugabe, who extended the pardon under the Constitution...
UN rights chief expresses concern over growing role of Thailand military in government
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein expressed concern on Friday regarding the expanding role which the Thai military is playing in the civilian administration. Thailand will soon vote on a final draft [text,...
JURIST Guest Columnist Kaimipono Wenger of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses the rise of anti-LGBT bills in a number of conservative states and opposite reactions to these bills and the fundamental question: do LGBT rights create burdens on religion,...
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia surrendered on Tuesday to a court after an arrest warrant was issued against her in connection with the firebombing bus attack last year staged in opposition of the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several other rights groups on Tuesday urged Thailand to repeal an order granting sweeping police powers to the military, expressing concern that it will worsen human rights conditions. The law...
