The Olive Branch Britain Ignored: How a 1774 Appeal Paved the Road to Independence
It was autumn 1774. In British North America and on the island of Great Britain an intellectual, political and legal revolution that was intended to recognize America’s unique status within the realm would become the sword of American independence. The First Continental Congress drafted a document not for the purpose of securing liberty, but for the purpose [...]
Marwan Barghouti has spent more than two decades behind bars. Born in 1959 in the West Bank village of Kobar, Barghouti rose from student activist to a leading figure in Palestinian political life—a vocal proponent of the two-state solution, he was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in 1996 and known for his ability to [...]
The Time of Monsters: How the US Weaponizes International Law as Its Empire Crumbles
The United States is doing it again. Another war. Another bloody episode, which will be added to its violent history. Another blatant violation of international law. Only a few months ago the US illegally toppled the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro. And now it is strangling Cuba to death for the purposes of a regime [...]
Editor’s note: Dimitri Lascaris traveled to Iran from March 20–31, 2026, as part of a small group of foreign journalists invited by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Iran’s state broadcaster, which operates under the supervision of the Supreme Leader’s office. IRIB organized the group’s itinerary and provided in-country guidance. Lascaris states that he declined [...]
Black Voting Rights in Mississippi: A System Built to Exclude
On the night of June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers stepped out of his Oldsmobile parked in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi home, carrying t-shirts that read, “Jim Crow Must Go.” He had returned from a civil rights meeting where he’d discussed voter registration strategies. A bullet struck him moments later, fired by a white [...]
AI Sovereignty in South Africa: Infrastructure Without Law Is a Foundation Without Walls
As we stand in February 2026, there is no industry or area of our daily lives that has not been infiltrated, touched, or impacted by Artificial Intelligence (AI)—whether we are aware of it or not. This is not just true globally but even here in South Africa. If it’s not being used by your search [...]
From Sheffield to Tehran: Gen Z and the Borderless Expectation of Justice
In December 2025, I (born in 2002) logged in from Iran to speak to students gathered in “Arts Tower LT5” at the University of Sheffield. The screen flickered; their winter coats rustled in a distant auditorium I could not see. I told them something that felt obvious and astonishing at once: look how close we [...]
US dispatch: 'One plus one is two,' Mangione protests 'double jeopardy' as trial date set
Editor’s note: This story is part of ongoing coverage of the lead up to Mangione’s trial. Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Days 5-7, Day 8, and Day 9 of state suppression hearings on the case. Luigi Mangione’s state trial is set to begin on June 8, Judge Gregory Carro of the [...]
In this interview, national security lawyer Fahad Ansari speaks with JURIST News Associate Editorial Director, Alanah Vargas, about the transformation of the London-based law firm Riverway Law into Riverway to the Sea—a movement-embedded legal training and advocacy organization dedicated to confronting Zionism, and defending Palestinian liberation and anti-colonial resistance. He explains how the organization is [...]
AI, Violence, and International Law: A Conversation with Frédéric Mégret
This interview with Frédéric Mégret—Professor of International Law at McGill University and a leading scholar on the relationship between law, violence, and armed conflict—was conducted at a moment when autonomous weapons systems and artificial intelligence have moved from speculative concern to operational reality. As AI-enabled targeting systems proliferate across battlefields from Ukraine to Gaza, and [...]
