The corruption and murder trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resumed on Monday. Mubarak is on trial for murder, attempted killing of protesters and other charges related to general abuse of power stemming from his response to pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt earlier this year. Presiding Judge Ahmed Rifaat decided to end live TV broadcasts [...]

Collette Adkins Giese, Herpetofauna Staff Attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, argues that the recent decision upholding congressional action to remove wolves from the endangered species list leaves the species without the federal protections they need…

Ayesha Khan, Legal Director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, argues that the recent Fourth Circuit ruling on the constitutionality of prayers conducted at the opening of a legislative session is consistent with Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court precedent, despite the arguments of a previous JURIST contributor…

Three environmental groups on Saturday filed an emergency motion with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit requesting that the court halt wolf hunts scheduled to begin in a few weeks in Idaho and Montana. The request calls for a cessation of the upcoming hunting season until the groups’ appeal of a federal [...]

Brazilian Judge Patricia Acioli, known for taking a hard-line against corrupt officials and militia death squads, was shot and killed on Thursday outside of her home by two masked men on motorbikes. Investigators revealed that at least twelve people are suspected of being involved in the attack, where at least sixteen bullets were fired into [...]

An Egyptian criminal court on Sunday adjourned the trial of former interior minister Habib el-Adly. Judge Ahmed Rifaat ordered four recesses in the first three hours of the morning’s proceedings in response to conduct by defense counsel that he believed was disruptive and disorganized. Defense counsel was never able to present its case in the [...]

Johanna Nestor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2012, is currently working as a law clerk for the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Florida. She writes on the issue of astroturfing and businesses using false and misleading information to bolster their reputations in online forums, and the role state [...]

Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission on Friday released a report contending that military and law enforcement officials routinely conduct illegal searches in their efforts to combat the country’s narcotics trade. The report describes a “systematic pattern” of coercive, threatening and physically abusive behavior, often accompanied by property damage, theft and evidence tampering. Documented complaints of [...]

Chinese authorities in Beijing on Friday began the trial against Wang Lihong, one of the dozens of human rights activists the government detained earlier this year as part of a crackdown on dissidents in the country. Wang is charged with one count of creating a disturbance for allegedly utilizing the Internet to attempt organizing anti-government [...]

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of ex-Merrill Lynch executive James Brown stemming from his role in the Enron fraud scandal . Brown was indicted on five counts in 2003 stemming from a 1999 transaction in which Merrill took a $28 million equity interest in a facility of barge-mounted power generators on [...]