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17 Apr 2008, 4:14 am
[JURIST] Afghan President Hamid Karzai [official website; BBC profile] should reinstate a moratorium on the death penalty and should not sign execution orders for 100 prisoners, approved by the Supreme Court this week, advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday. [read post]
23 May 2005, 8:18 pm
[JURIST] President Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai [Wikipedia profile] met in the White House East Room Monday to discuss US military operations in Afghanistan [meeting transcript]. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 6:56 am by Safiya Boucaud
The announcement came a week after President Hamid Karzai [official profile, JURIST news archive] vowed [JURIST report] in [read post]
19 Jul 2008, 2:42 pm
"Details of his itinerary in the war zone were kept closely guarded for security reasons, but the Illinois senator told reporters before leaving Washington on Thursday that he hoped to spend much of his time listening to military commanders and Afghan and Iraqi leaders, including Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, to gauge conditions in both countries. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 8:37 am
The announcement followed a meeting in Kabul [UN News Centre report] between diplomats from the UN Security Council [official website] and President Hamid Karzai [official profile] to review progress made by the Afghan... [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 6:07 am by Dominic Yobbi
[JURIST] Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai [official website] on Saturday approved the execution of five men as what is possibly his final act in office. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 4:57 am
The Law Library of Congress reports that a law recently passed by Afghanistan's Parliament and signed by President Hamid Karzai - but not yet published - re-introduces restrictions on women's rights that were in place previously under the Taliban. [read post]
21 Aug 2011, 1:20 pm by Alexandra Malatesta
Though many contest the constitutionality of the removal process, President Hamid Karzai [official profile] has said that the IEC has the final authority over... [read post]
27 May 2006, 11:55 am
Afghan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile] had recommended Shinwari to remain as chief justice on the high court, but the parliament voted against the proposal by a margin of 117- [read post]
11 Apr 2009, 10:09 am
The measure, called the Shi'ite Personal Status Law [JURIST news archive], was signed into law [JURIST report] last month by President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], but the law has yet to be published. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 6:20 am
[JURIST] Afghan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] said Saturday that he has ordered the review of a law which severely limits the rights of married Shi'ite women in the country. [read post]
10 Mar 2012, 7:24 am by Maureen Cosgrove
[JURIST] Five detainees at the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] detention facility agreed to be transferred to Qatar, a spokesperson for Afghan President Hamid Karzai [official profile; JURIST news archive] announced Saturday. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 5:48 am by Dwyer Arce
During a surprise visit to the country, Obama called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai [official website; JURIST news archive] to take steps to promote good governance [CBS/AP report], end cronyism, and curtail the opium trade [GlobalSecurity backgrounder]. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 6:38 am
[JURIST] Afghan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile] is expected to reject a proposed amnesty resolution [JURIST report] that would grant pardons for crimes committed during the 25 years of war in Afghanistan [JURIST news archive], according to spokesman Karim Rahimi on Monday. [read post]
8 Oct 2003, 6:32 am
At a joint press conference with visiting US Republican senators, Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, said today that the new Afghan constitution will be ready for release in less than ten days. [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 12:56 am
[JURIST] Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] on Tuesday agreed to a runoff election against challenger Abdullah Abdullah [BBC profile] after the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] announced [press release, PDF] Monday that it had invalidated [ECC materials] election results from 210 polling stations in Afghanistan's disputed August [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 9:47 am
[JURIST] Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] issued a decree Sunday allowing the country's Supreme Court [official website] to go forward with its plan to set up a tribunal to hear complaints of fraud during the September parliamentary elections [IEC backgrounder]. [read post]
9 Oct 2004, 2:19 am
The validity of Afghanistan's national election was thrown into doubt Saturday after reports of widespread voting irregularities prompted 15 candidates running in opposition to Interim President Hamid Karzai to declare a boycott of the poll, the results of which they say they will not recognize. [read post]
25 Jan 2005, 2:24 pm
[JURIST] The first parliamentary elections in Afghanistan [JURIST countries] under the newly established government of Hamid Karzai may be forced to be delayed due to slow progress on a census of the population. [read post]