25 May Weekday News Wrap: Friday, May 25, 2012
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- Amnesty International has condemned the United States for the Bin Laden raid, saying that it was unlawful.
- In response to Pakistan’s sentencing doctor Shakeel Afridi—complicit in helping the CIA track Osama Bin Laden—to 33 years in jail for treason, the US has cut aid by $33 million to Pakistan.
- Reuters reports that the Muslim Brotherhood is claiming an early lead in the Egyptian presidential elections.
- Supporters for the independence of Scotland have begun a large grassroots movement today pushing for its independence from Britain.
- The Commonwealth Secretary-General has urged the government in Papua New Guinea to respect the rule of law and judicial independence after the Chief Justice was charged with sedition in a dispute over who is the rightful Prime Minister. Jurist has more context here.
- The new French President, Francois Hollande, made an unannounced visit to the French troops in Afghanistan.
- The Ukrainian President has downplayed threats by Western leaders not to attend the Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine over the treatment of jailed opposition leader Tymoshenko.
- Thirty have died in a border clash between Mali and Burkina Faso.
- Iran and powerful Western nations are going to resume nuclear talks in June. With all the escalated rhetoric surrounding Iran’s nuclear development, Foreign Policy asks whether we are focusing on the wrong nuclear threat.
- The trial against Ratko Mladic, suspended due to prosecutorial error, will resume June 25th at the ICTY in The Hague.
- Ten Somali pirates were sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates. Jurist has more context on recent domestic prosecutions of piracy.
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