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Australia weighing ICJ genocide incitement lawsuit against Iran president
May 14, 2008

[JURIST] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd [official profile] told Australian news service Sky News Wednesday that his government is considering bringing a lawsuit against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [official profile; BBC profile] in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [court.... [more]

Nuclear powers say Iran threatening nuclear treaty goals
May 9, 2008

[JURIST] The world's five major nuclear powers - Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US - cited Iran's uranium enrichment program as a major threat to the goals of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) [PDF text; JURIST news archive] in a joint statement [PDF text] issued Thursday at the.... [more]

UK appeals court blocks bid to keep Iran opposition group on terror list
May 7, 2008

[JURIST] The UK Court of Appeal Wednesday rejected a government bid to challenge an order [JURIST report] by the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission [official website] to remove an Iranian opposition group from its blacklist of terror organizations. The Court of Appeal ruled there was no.... [more]

Iran appeals court upholds sentences of students charged with insulting Islam
April 16, 2008

[JURIST] An Iranian appeals court Tuesday upheld the sentences [JURIST report] of three Iranian students on charges of insulting Islam. Majid Tavakoli, Ahmed Ghassaban, and Ehsan Mansouri were arrested last year for allegedly publishing anti-Islamic material in multiple newspapers. The three were.... [more]

Over 1200 people executed worldwide in 2007: Amnesty International
April 15, 2008

[JURIST] At least 1200 people were executed worldwide in 2007, and 88 percent of those executions took place in five countries: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the USA, according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Tuesday by human rights group Amnesty International. Saudi.... [more]

State Department deplores rights records of North Korea, Iran, in annual reports
March 11, 2008

[JURIST] The US State Department Tuesday heavily criticized the right records of North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Eritrea and Sudan Tuesday in its annual report on worldwide human rights observance. In the introduction [text] to the its 2007 Reports on Human.... [more]

Iran official calls new UN nuclear resolution 'legally baseless'
February 23, 2008

[JURIST] An Iranian official with the country's Supreme National Security Council said Saturday that a potential UN Security Council [official website] resolution imposing new sanctions on Iran in connection with its nuclear activities would be "legally and technically baseless," according to the.... [more]

Iran Guardian Council reinstates banned parliamentary candidates
February 14, 2008

[JURIST] The Iranian Guardian Council [official website], the upper parliamentary chamber composed of twelve members, on Wednesday reinstated more than 280 parliamentary candidates in preparation for next month's parliamentary elections. Last month, Iran's Interior Ministry banned over 2,000.... [more]

Iran chief judge says no detention without formal charges
February 7, 2008

[JURIST] Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi has issued a decree barring judges from ordering the detention of suspects without the filing of formal charges, Iranian media reported Wednesday. Currently, the Iranian Constitution [text] allows suspects to be held for up to 24 hours.... [more]

Iran urged to end stoning executions
January 15, 2008

[JURIST] Amnesty International [advocacy website] Tuesday called on Iran to abolish executions by stoning [press release], an execution method that Iran denies is still in official use. Amnesty decried stoning as a "grotesque and horrific" practice designed to inflict maximum suffering on.... [more]

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