Judges

Women's World Car of the Year: does the 2018 Hyundai Ioniq live up to the hype?

Dubai - Emirates Voice

The jury of the Womens World Car of the Year has just bestowed its Supreme Award upon the Hyundai Ioniq – that is, the top-dollar, best-of-the-best, points-mean-prizes gong for being… something. Quite what is not clear, and I have been driving an Ioniq all week. It is a clever enough idea from Hyundai: create a car that is available fromRead more

Kenyatta 'disagrees' with court's poll ruling but 'respects it'

Nairobi - Emirats Voice

- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Friday that he disagreed with a Supreme Court decision invalidating his re-election and calling for fresh elections, but vowed to respect it. "I personally disagree with the ruling that has been made today but I respect it," he said, adding that he believed the six judges had "decided that they will go against theRead more

Judges reject appeal of Israeli soldier

Tel Aviv - Emirates Voice

A military court on Sunday rejected an appeal by an Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in prison for shooting dead a prone Palestinian assailant, Israeli media reports said. The reports said military judges also rejected an appeal by prosecutors to increase the 18-month sentence for Elor Azaria, a sergeant and military medic at the timeRead more

House passes new judicial reform bills

Amman - Emirates Voice

The Lower House Tuesday passed the amended laws to the 2017 Execution Law and Regular Court Formation Law in a morning session chaired by Speaker Atef Tarawneh and attended by cabinet ministers. The lawmakers agreed to accredit one of the two most circulated daily newspapers as a means to advertise the sale of impounded properties and put them up atRead more

Top court accepts convict's plea, will review drug abuse case

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

A man who was convicted of consuming drugs will have his case reviewed by judges and might have his four-year-jail term reduced or replaced by fines in line with the amended anti-drugs law. The Federal Supreme Court supported the appeal by the Arab man against his jail sentence for using and possession of anaesthetic and psychotropic drugs. Prosecutors had chargedRead more

Qatari Chief Justice Meets Turkish Official

Doha - Arab Today

HE Qatar Chief Justice and Chairman of Supreme Judiciary Council Masood bin Mohammed Al Ameri met here today with the Secretary-General of Turkey's High Council of Judges and Prosecutors Bilgin Basaran and the accompanying delegation, currently visiting Qatar. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation and coordination between the two judiciaries on legal and judicial matters. Source: QNARead more

Qatari Chief Justice Meets Turkish Official

Doha - Arab Today

Qatar Stresses Commitment to Women's Empowerment

New York - QNA

The State of Qatar stressed Thursday on the importance of providing all resources that help in the empowerment of women in all fields and backing all regional and international efforts in that regard. This came in Qatar's statement during the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which was read by Najat Daham Al Abdullah, who isRead more

Judges sharply question attorneys for both sides on Trump’s immigration ban

WASHINGTON - Arab Today

A federal appeals court panel reviewing President Donald Trump’s controversial limits on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries appeared sceptical on Tuesday of the administration’s arguments seeking to reinstate his order. In a hearing that lasted more than an hour, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals appeared to dismiss the administration’s arguments that neither theRead more

Al-Ertaoe urges coordination between judiciary and media

Rabat - Sana Ben Salah

Mustafa Al-Ertaoe, king's deputy in Rumani, said that the current media varied dramatically as a result of the technological development, as the various audio, visual and electronic means as well as social networks such as Facebook and Twitter deal now with various community issues, notably the coverage of trials. Al-Ertaoe said in an interview with Morocco Today, said that theRead more