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...week, Iran was rocked by some of the largest student protests since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. More than 5,000 students gathered at the Modaress Training University in Tehran, and demonstrations spread to the provincial cities of Tabriz, Isfahan, Urumiyeh and Hamedan. The protesters called for the state to overturn the death sentence of Hashem Aghajari, a lecturer who said Iranians should not blindly follow the words of clerics. Yesterday, when Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the judiciary to review Aghajari’s sentence, the students accomplished one of their goals. But they also called...
...arguing to overturn the ban, announced by Lewis in December 2000, the petition focuses on safety concerns. It says the ban will force students to turn to other, less safe ways to consume alcohol, including off-campus tailgating and increased consumption of liquor...
...beating and rape of the so-called Central Park jogger in 1989; after DNA evidence reportedly linked the crime to Matias Reyes, 31, a convicted murderer and rapist who is serving a life term in prison. Lawyers for three of the men have filed a motion seeking to overturn the conviction and plan to present their case before a judge this week...
...REJECTED. An appeal by AMINA LAWAL KURAMI, 30, to overturn a court decision sentencing her to death by stoning for having sex outside of wedlock; in Funtua, Nigeria. Kurami's lawyers plan to appeal the decision to a higher court...
...Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death by hanging. Sheikh's lawyer, Abdul Waheed Katpar, said the verdict had been based on "provenly planted evidence." The three other defendants in the case, Salman Saqib, Fahad Naseem and Sheikh Adil, were given life sentences. Their lawyer asked Sindh High Court to overturn their convictions, which he said were based on flimsy evidence. MALAYSIA Mixed Bag The main Islamic opposition party, Pas (Parti Islam se-Malaysia), retained one of the two seats it was fighting in the northern state of Kedah. The vote was seen as inconclusive on support for strict Islamic laws...