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194 ABA Journal Middle East articles.

Jailed Libyan Medical Workers Free

Five nurses and a doctor who had been convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus are now free. The group was flown from Libya to Bulgaria, where they were pardoned today by the president, Associated Press reports. They had served more than eight years in prison. The…

Jul 24, 2007 2:10 PM CDT

Report: Afghanistan Women = Currency

Despite some significant civil rights improvements, women in Afghanistan are still a form of currency under tribal law, and are commonly used to settle bad debts and, at least until recently, shield their families from the consequences of crimes committed by men. Two of five Afghan marriages are forced, the…

Jul 9, 2007 9:45 PM CDT

Israel Prez’s Plea Deal Not a Done Deal

A controversial agreement by the president of Israel to plead guilty to sexual harassment and other charges and resign from office to avoid a potential rape prosecution apparently isn’t a done deal. Amidst widespread criticism of the plea agreement and three petitions against it, the Israel Supreme Court is requiring…

Jul 2, 2007 8:33 PM CDT

Money Launderers Trade Commodities

Terrorist sympathizers are moving money to banned destinations through commodities trades. Terrorist supporters buy commodities such as sugar and transfer them to countries where they can be sold for cash, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports. Food products are easier to transfer to countries that have been sanctioned by…

Jul 2, 2007 6:26 PM CDT

Israel Prez Admits Sex Offenses, Resigns

In a controversial plea bargain denounced by women’s rights activists, the president of Israel has agreed to step down from office immediately and plead guilty to sexual harassment and abuse of authority charges. Accused of twice raping a female employee, among other offenses, during an earlier stint as tourism minister,…

Jun 29, 2007 12:13 AM CDT

Saudi Moral Police to be Tried in Deaths

Deaths of two suspects in the custody of Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice during the past two months have resulted in public announcements that four officers alleged to be responsible would be charged and tried. “This is the first time that any member…

Jun 28, 2007 11:13 PM CDT

Cheney Pushed ‘Robust Interrogation’

Fare more so than has been realized until now, Vice President Dick Cheney was a key architect of the Bush administration’s plan to evade the Geneva conventions and at least come close to torturing prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere. That essentially is what the Washington Post reports in a page-one…

Jun 26, 2007 1:57 AM CDT

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