World
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Region
11/6/2022 9:53:02 PM
The vast majority of Iran's 290 lawmakers on Sunday demanded that the judiciary apply 'an eye for an eye' retributive justice when dealing with "enemies of God" in the strife-torn country.
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World
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Region
10/17/2022 9:48:44 AM
Iran's judiciary raised the death toll Monday in a blaze at Tehran's notorious Evin prison, saying that at least eight prisoners were killed as protests continue nationwide.
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World
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Region
10/16/2022 1:00:45 PM
A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran's capital killed four inmates, the country's judiciary said Sunday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
10/1/2022 5:22:24 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi affirmed on Saturday the state’s keenness to ensure judicial independence and non-interference in the affairs of the judiciary as a well-established principle.
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World
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Region
9/25/2022 10:23:35 PM
Iranians took to the streets for a tenth consecutive night Sunday, defying a warning from the judiciary, to protest the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.
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Business
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Tech
9/13/2022 5:01:58 PM
The former security chief at Twitter told Congress that the social media platform is plagued by weak cyber defenses that make it vulnerable to exploitation by ``teenagers, thieves and spies'' and put the privacy of its users at risk. Peiter ``Mudge'' Zatko, a respected cybersecurity expert, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to lay out his allegations Tuesday.
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World
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Region
9/7/2022 3:52:17 PM
Dozens of relatives of the victims of Beirut's massive port blast protested Wednesday against the judiciary's plan to name a second investigative judge, calling the move an attempt by the country's political class to prevent justice from one of the world's largest non-nuclear explosions.
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World
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Region
8/14/2022 8:22:16 PM
Iraq's judiciary said Sunday it lacks the authority to dissolve parliament as demanded by populist Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, who is engaged in an escalating standoff with political rivals.
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World
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Region
8/10/2022 6:45:40 PM
Iraq's powerful Shia Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday called on the judiciary to dissolve parliament by the end of next week, urging his supporters to keep up a sit-in outside the legislature.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
7/19/2022 11:36:04 AM
Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, arrested last week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him in 2010, the judicial authority announced Tuesday.
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World
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Region
7/3/2022 2:55:29 PM
The daughter of Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was charged with carrying out propaganda activity against the country and blasphemy in social media comments, the judiciary said Sunday.
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World
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International
6/27/2022 2:31:43 PM
The Supreme Court ruling to overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is unpopular with a majority of Americans, but did that matter?
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/5/2022 9:52:27 PM
Iraq’s courts are in trouble, and political wrangling has made a bad situation worse, writes Salah Nasrawi
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World
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Region
12/26/2021 5:22:00 PM
The head of Iran's judiciary on Sunday granted Christian prisoners 10 days' liberty to spend the holidays with families, in a rare move towards the minority community.
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World
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International
12/22/2021 4:33:08 PM
The EU announced on Wednesday it is launching legal action against Poland for ignoring European Union law and undermining the independence of its national judiciary.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
12/19/2021 1:42:34 AM
Egypt rejected on Saturday a statement made by the German government regarding an upcoming trial session for a number of defendants in Egyptian court, calling it a “blatant and unjustified interference in the country's internal affairs.”
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World
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International
10/19/2021 10:39:04 AM
Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the ambassadors of the United States and nine other countries to protest a statement they issued that called for the release of imprisoned philanthropist and civil rights activist Osman Kavala in line with a European Court of Human Rights decision. The statement angered government officials who accused the countries of meddling in the Turkish judiciary.
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World
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International
10/7/2021 6:32:15 PM
A report by the Senate Judiciary Committee's Democratic majority details Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he lost, with the Justice Department brought to the brink of chaos and top officials there and at the White House threatening to resign.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
10/2/2021 8:48:00 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi has said he would never interfere with judicial decisions, based on the fact that Egyptian law would not allow him to do so as well as because of his deep-rooted understanding of the nature of the judicial system.
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World
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Region
8/31/2021 4:46:59 PM
Iran's judiciary ordered an investigation into the abuse last week after the head of the country's prison system acknowledged the videos were real
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