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The US House of Representatives passed a resolution by a vote of 216-207 on Wednesday in finding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with the Committee on the Judiciary’s subpoena for the audio recordings of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Biden.  While Garland previously told the Judiciary [...]

Employees of Slovakia’s public radio and television broadcaster, Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS), went on a three-hour walkout strike Monday to protest against government plans to overhaul the broadcasting service in a manner that they say allows the government to insert influence on news and other media content. Monday’s walkout, the first-ever strike by RTVS [...]

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its final charge sheet against former Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav concerning a land-for-jobs scam. The scam, which revolves around the alleged exchange of railway jobs for land parcels, implicates 78 individuals, including Yadav’s wife, Rabri Devi, and son, Tej Pratap Yadav. The charge sheet [...]

The US Connecticut Public Defender Services Commission (PDSC) unanimously terminated TaShun Bowden-Lewis from her position as Connecticut’s Chief Public Defender on Tuesday. Bowden-Lewis, who was the first Black person to hold the role, was fired for misconduct since her assumption of the role two years ago. According to the Commission’s 113-page decision, her tenure was [...]

The Supreme Court of Missouri on Tuesday declined to halt the dissolution of a board of inquiry convened to investigate a death row inmate’s innocence claim. The Supreme Court stated in its decision that Missouri Governor Mike Parson, who moved to dissolve the board, was entitled to judgment as a matter of law since the [...]

JURIST Editorial Director Ingrid Burke Friedman contributed to this report. US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday barring asylum claims from anyone who crosses the US-Mexico border illegally. The order is set to take effect a minute after midnight on June 5, and applies to nationals of any country seeking asylum. It draws [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) stated on Monday that the State of Palestine filed an application to intervene in South Africa v. Israel on Friday. The application follows the State of Palestine’s formal declaration that it accepts the competence and jurisdiction of the ICJ through Security Council Resolution 9 (1946) and Article IX of [...]

UN development specialist Garry Conille arrived on Saturday in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, to take on his new role as Haiti’s prime minister. Conille has been serving as UNICEF’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean since January 2023. Prior to this role, he held various positions for different UN branches. In the wake of [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a district court’s order to release jailed indigent Oregon defendants if they do not receive legal counsel within seven days. Oregon has been facing a shortage of qualified criminal defense attorneys. This has led to Oregon indigent defendants being jailed for months without [...]

Amnesty International called on Wednesday for the immediate release of the Yemeni-Dutch national Fahd Ramadhan, who has been held without charges, legal representation, or adequate medical care since November 20, 2023, by Saudi Arabian authorities. According to the human rights group, Ramadhan allegedly received a call from Saudi Arabia’s Criminal Investigation Department to report to [...]