Judicial Reform
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 07:24
Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the Middle East and North Africa over the last week:
United States Policy:
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 00:00
William Potts, the "homesick hijacker" who returned from a life on the lam in Cuba to the United States in November, may soon plead guilty to commandeering a passenger plane to the island at gunpoint in 1984, according to U.S. federal court docu
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 07:19
Cairo Criminal court acquitted Ahmed Shafiq and Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, sons of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, in a case in which they were facing charges of misuse of public funds. Other acquitted defendants in the case included Major General Mohamed Helmy and Major General Mohamed Kamal Al-Islam.
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 07:13
The latest charges against ousted president Mohamed Morsi are part of a “bid to discredit” him, said the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday.
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 07:01
Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafik, will soon be free to return from self-imposed exile and perhaps to make a political comeback after Egyptian courts on Thursday acquitted him in a corruption case and shelved another.
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 00:00
A top Bolivian government minister on Wednesday accused the United States of being behind the escape from house arrest of an American businessman facing money-laundering charges - potentially creating a new strain between the two countries.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:23
Defense Minister says Lebanese officials stress that shooter, who claims he fired on suspicious figure near fence, acted alone.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:18
Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi is to stand trial on charges including conspiring with foreign organisations to commit terrorist acts.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:15
The authorities in Saudi Arabia are trying to silence social and political rights activists and quash their calls for change, Human Rights Watch says.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:53
The head of an election watchdog in Azerbaijan, Anar Mammadli, has officially been charged with tax evasion, illegal entrepreneurship, and using his office to falsify election results.