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17 Nov 2005, 11:03 am
[JURIST] The Iraqi Prime Minister's office Thursday announced the launch of a nationwide investigation into allegations of widespread abuse [JURIST report] occurring at Iraqi-run prisons. 166 Sunni Arabs and 3 Shiite Arabs were found by Americans Sunday night at a secret police prison in Baghdad, and a journalist for Voice of America [official website] present for the prisoner transfers said that [read post]
14 May 2006, 5:05 am
[JURIST] UK Prime Minister Tony Blair [official profile] has sent a letter [PDF] to new Home Secretary John Reid [official profile] suggesting that "we...need to look again at whether primary legislation is needed to address the issue of Court rulings which over-rule the Government in a way that is inconsistent with other EU countries interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights. [read post]
29 Jan 2007, 2:45 pm
[JURIST] UK Prime Minister Tony Blair [official profile] announced Monday that rules under the Equality Act [text, PDF] protecting same-sex couples' rights to adopt children [JURIST report] without discrimination will apply without exception, denying special exemptions for faith-based adoption agencies opposed to same-sex unions and/or homosexuality. [read post]
3 Jul 2007, 1:53 am
[JURIST] The Iraqi Cabinet has approved a revised draft oil law [JURIST news archive] and the Iraqi Parliament will begin debating the proposal Wednesday, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Tuesday. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 6:29 am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [official website; BBC profile] expressed his hope that the probe would show that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) [official website] acted appropriately. [read post]
12 Sep 2007, 10:14 am
One of Gordon Brown's first moves as Prime Minister was to stir that alphabet soup of government departments. [read post]
8 Nov 2006, 4:00 am
The Prime Minister's High-Level Committee on the Social, Economic and Educational Status of Muslims, chaired by a former High Court judge, Rajinder Sachar, is expected to report that Muslims, India's largest religious minority, face systematic exclusion in many areas of society. [read post]
20 Nov 2023, 8:46 am
A prime example of Virginia’s harsh DUI laws is seen in the state’s definition of DUI. [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 10:00 am
Prime Minister Netanyahu: "All Hamas terrorists, from first to last, face death. [read post]
21 Dec 2007, 9:08 am
The most recent chapter in the long-running and highly public dispute between businessman Karlheinz Schreiber and former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney involves significant conflict of laws issues. [read post]
16 Feb 2005, 4:47 pm
[JURIST] The corruption trial of former Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz began Wednesday, making Yilmaz the first head of government to be tried by Turkey's Supreme Court. [read post]
25 Feb 2005, 10:53 am
The approval came after Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei [BBC News profile] withdrew his initial list of nominees [JURIST report] due to criticism [read post]
19 Jul 2005, 3:13 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari [BBC profile] has [read post]
14 Sep 2005, 5:23 am
Nepali police detained hundreds of pro-democracy activists [JURIST report] Tuesday in the capitol city, including a former prime minister, for protesting the king's seizure of power [JURIST report] this February. [read post]
21 Oct 2005, 1:05 am
[JURIST] A report, submitted [JURIST report; UN News report] Thursday to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the results of an independent UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri [JURIST news archive] links high-ranking Syrian officials and top pro-Syrian Lebanese officials to the crime. [read post]
7 Jul 2006, 6:39 am
[JURIST] Former East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri [BBC profile] was again summoned on Friday for questioning on July 20 by the lead prosecutor of East Timor, this time as a suspect, to answer questions in an investigation into the distribution of illegal weapons to local militias. [read post]
25 Jul 2007, 10:55 am
[JURIST] UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown [official website] told parliament Wednesday in a wide-ranging statement on security and counter-terrorism policy [text; recorded video] that new rules need to be implemented that allow police more time to question uncharged terror suspects. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 2:51 am
The secretary-general estimates that the tribunal, established to investigate the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri [JURIST news archive], will cost [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 5:14 am
[JURIST] The government of Pakistan said Monday that a Tuesday protest march planned by former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto [personal website] violates the declaration of emergency [PDF text] announced by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf [official website; BBC profile] and will not be allowed to take place. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 9:31 am
[JURIST] The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will refuse to execute Ali Hassan al-Mahid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," over the Iraqi Presidency Council's decision not to approve the death sentences of al-Mahid's two co-defendants, an Iraqi government spokesperson told AP Wednesday. [read post]
