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Iran election protesters released from prisons [this day at law]
August 27, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On August 27, 2011, a Tehran prosecutor, Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, said that approximately 100 people had been pardoned and released from prison for their participation in presidential election protests in 2009 by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Amnesty International (AI) labeled Iran'.... [more]
Sudan court convicted 5 for murder of USAID workers [this day at law]
June 24, 2012 by Kimberly Bennett
On June 24, 2009, a Sudanese court convicted five men of the January 2008 murder of two US Agency for International Development (USAID) employees. Mohamed Makkawi Ibrahim Mohamed and Abdel Basit al-Hajj Hassan were found guilty of firing shots that killed USAID workers John Granville and.... [more]
Amendments to Palestinian Income Tax Law Unconstitutional
June 4, 2012 by Elizabeth Imbarlina
JURIST Guest Columnist Mais Qandeel, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the tenth entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She explores the realities of Palestinian income tax laws in theory and.... [more]
Iran election protesters released from prisons
August 29, 2011 by Alexandra Malatesta
Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said Saturday that approximately 100 people imprisoned for their participation in the massive 2009 presidential election protests have been pardoned and released by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Though the pardoning of "repentant".... [more]
Iran creating special court for media crimes
February 14, 2011 by Erin Bock
The Iranian government will set up a special court to try media and culture crimes, state news agency IRNA reported Sunday. The judiciary has set up a special prosecutors office to handle alleged offenses committed in media and cultural platforms. Both the court and office will operate under the.... [more]
Iran chief prosecutor: charges pending for opposition leaders
January 2, 2011 by Erin Bock
Iranian chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi delivered a speech at Tehran University on Friday indicating that he would prosecute opposition leaders for political unrest that took place after the country's 2009 presidential election. Dolatabadi threatened to prosecute former presidential.... [more]
Palestinian chief justice resigned over judicial nomination law [this day at law]
October 13, 2010 by Dwyer Arce
On October 13, 2005, Palestinian Chief Justice Zuhair al-Sourani resigned in protest of legislation that gives government ministers the power to appoint judges. In a letter to President Mahmoud Abbas, al-Sourani wrote that he could not continue in his post unless the law, which al-Sourani says ".... [more]
Four men convicted of killing USAID worker escape Sudan prison
June 11, 2010 by Sarah Miley
Four men sentenced to death for the murder of a US Agency for International Development (USAID) official and his driver in Sudan escaped prison on Thursday, according to police officials. John Granville and his Sudanese driver Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama were shot and killed in Khartoum while.... [more]
India court removes defense lawyer for Mumbai terror attack suspect
November 30, 2009 by Patrice Collins
A judge in India on Monday removed the defense lawyer for Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving suspect of last year's Mumbai terror attacks. Specially appointed judge M.L. Tahiliyani removed defense lawyer Abbas Kazmi after finding that Kazmi lied when he denied being informed of the....... [more]
Iran prosecutor charges 3 US backpackers with espionage
November 9, 2009 by Ann Riley
Iran’s prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolat-Abadi said Monday that the three American hikers arrested in July for illegally entering Iran are being charged with espionage. In statements to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Dolat-Abadi further declared that the investigation of the Amer....... [more]
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