Judicial Reform
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 08:44
Interim President Adly Mansour has approved an amendment to the current criminal procedures law that will allow Egyptian courts to renew temporary detentions indefinitely while trials are ongoing.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 08:32
The organization mentioned that more than 10 Egyptian journalists are currently detained and their detention is being renewed every 15 days without being brought to trial.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 10:10
Prominent Uzbek human rights activist Bobomurod Razzoqov has been sentenced to four years in jail.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 10:09
The Europe-based Human Rights for Central Asia Association says an Uzbek journalist missing since September 21 has been sentenced to 12 days in jail.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:47
An Egyptian misdemeanor court sentenced two State Security policemen to two months, with labor, on Wednesday, on charges of torturing two suspects in 2011.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:40
Egyptian authorities have shut down the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice newspaper in Cairo.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:35
A United States citizen was sentenced to 10 years in jail in Bahrain on Tuesday on charges of attempted murder during a disturbance related to Shiite Muslim demands for greater rights.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:08
Legal experts said the contradictory decisions reflect division within the government over how to deal with the 85-year-old Islamist organization, even as a brutal crackdown against it continues.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 00:00
If a comprehensive reform is passed, it will be a victory for human rights in Mexico and will provide greater access to justice for victims of human rights violations committed by the military.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 11:55
THE ICC has dismissed a demand by the African Union that it exempts President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto from continual presence in the Hague during their trials for crimes against humanity.