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Obama order allows sanctions for using technology to violate human rights
Posted: April 23rd, 2012, 11:09pm MSD
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[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Monday issued an executive order [text] that will allow the US to impose sanctions on foreign nationals who have used technology to participate in violation of human rights. Obama signed the order after he indicated that Iran and Syria's governments have committed various abuses against human rights with the help of technology, including computer monitoring and network disruption. Under the order, any person found to have used technology to carry out a human rights abuse is not permitted to enter the US. While the order is aimed at agencies aiding the Syrian... -
Nepal urged not to impose blanket amnesty for crimes committed during civil war
Posted: April 23rd, 2012, 10:47pm MSD
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[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) [advocacy websites] on Monday urged Nepal to reject blanket amnesty [press release] plans for international crimes committed during the country's civil war, which ended in 2006. A representative for ICJ said amnesty for human rights abuses, such as torture, rape and forced disappearances, violate international law and Nepal's own jurisprudence. The Nepal Parliament [official website] is setting up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate war crimes and is currently debating a proposal to grant amnesty [AFP report] to government officials and rebel forces. Some lawmakers believe that... -
Iceland ex-PM convicted of single charge over role in banking collapse
Posted: April 23rd, 2012, 10:33pm MSD
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[JURIST] A special court in Iceland on Monday convicted former prime minister Geir Haarde [official profile, in Icelandic] on one out of the four criminal charges he faced concerning the collapse [JURIST news archive] of the country's banking system in 2008, announcing that he would not face any punishment. The charges stemmed from the collapse of the country's three major banks in 2008 while Haarde was leader of the country's ruling Independence Party. Haarde was convicted [AP report] of failing to take the steps to be sure a comprehensive analysis of the risk the state faced after the collapse of... -
Bahrain court delays appeal of imprisoned human rights activist
Posted: April 23rd, 2012, 9:52pm MSD
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[JURIST] The Bahrain Court of Cassation on Monday delayed an appeal hearing for human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who is serving a life sentence for terrorism-related charges. The court was to issue a decision Monday but set the appeal hearing for April 30 [AP report]. Al-Khawaja is among 21 individuals tried before the Bahrain military National Safety Court in June 2011 and found guilty [JURIST report] of terrorism-related charges, including several tried in absentia. Al-Khawaja has been on a hunger strike for the past 11 weeks and will now have to wait another week before... -
UN Security Council calls for constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau
Posted: April 23rd, 2012, 9:05pm MSD
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[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Saturday urged immediate restoration of constitutional order [press release] in Guinea-Bissau [BBC backgrounder]. The presidential statement condemned the April 12 coup, during which the military took over the government, detained officials, including interim president Raimundo Pereira and former prime minister Carlos Gomes, and disrupted democratic presidential elections. The coup occurred two weeks prior to the second round of the presidential election between Gomes and former president Kumba Yala. The Security Council called for an end to violence in the country, release of Pereira, Gomes and others arbitrarily detained, and protection of human... -
UN Security Council approves mission to supervise Syria peace plan
Posted: April 23rd, 2012, 6:45pm MSD
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[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] unanimously approved a resolution [press release] Saturday to send 300 unarmed soldiers and other civilian aid to Syria for 90 days to supervise the implementation of a peace plan. The UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) will track whether Syrian officials follow the UN Joint Special Envoy's six steps for ending the conflict, which the Security Council unanimously approved [JURIST report] earlier this month. Under the peace plan, Syrian officials will end military fighting, maintain communications with and free movement of UN mission officers in the country, allow access for humanitarian aid, release...