Judicial Reform
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 07:21
The plight of the captives has sparked a global backlash against the Egyptian regime, which has moved to silence the press following its military-backed seizure of power after the Arab Spring and the toppling of Hosni Mubarak.
Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 12:34
Kvitsiani also sent a missive to the independent Georgian TV station Mze (Sun) branding the Saakashvili leadership "fascist" and vowing "revenge on the authorities for insulting the people of Georgia.
Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 12:12
The official Uzbek media is reporting the verdicts, ranging from three to thirteen years, received by a group of twenty “jihadists”. The information is assumed to have been leaked by the prosecutor general’s office.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 11:34
People will be sentenced from 8 years up to 12 years in prison (currently it is from 4 years up to 8 years) for recruitment, financing and training of mercenaries and their use in armed conflicts or military operations.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 10:44
People in cities across the world have been staging protests in support of the journalists since the trial opened last month.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 13:26
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed regret over a decision by a court in Tajikistan requiring journalist Olga Tutubalina to pay damages for defaming the country’s intelligentsia.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 13:21
The objective of the Conference is to continue discussion on the guarantees for judicial independence and explore international practice with regard to lifetime appointment of judges, judicial probation and evaluation.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 11:07
A Cairo criminal court adjourned on Tuesday the trial of ousted President Mohamed Mursi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders, over violent clashes, to Thursday.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 10:05
He appealed to the Prosecutor General with a request to take appropriate measures, but appropriate actions were not taken, he added.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 10:05
In its report on Human Rights in the World the State Department seems to agree with human rights workers that at least four political prisoners in Uzbekistan should have been released according to the Uzbek amnesty decree.