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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged South Korean presidential candidates on Wednesday to commit firmly to protecting press freedom, as the country faces the results of the impeachment and removal of former President Yoon Suk Yeol in April 2025. Against this backdrop, RSF issued a series of urgent recommendations to restore and safeguard press freedom in [...]

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Last Tuesday, May 6, the Supreme Court of Ghana in a 3-2 majority dismissed an application by Vincent Ekow Assafuah, a member of parliament who invited the court to halt the suspension of Ghana’s Chief Justice as effected by the president of the republic, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama. The decision followed the unanimous ruling [...]

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As Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, former CJI, aptly stated: ‘Confidence in the judicial process is predicated on the trust which its written word generates.’ On March 14, a fire erupted in the residential bungalow of Delhi High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma. After extinguishing the flames, authorities allegedly discovered a significant sum of unaccounted for cash [...]

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US federal agents arrested Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan on Friday for allegedly interfering in an immigration arrest that was to take place outside her courtroom, according to local media. FBI Director Kash Patel claimed in a social media post that Dugan “misdirected” Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents waiting to arrest an undocumented immigrant making an [...]

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The Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously ruled to confirm the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol via oral decision Thursday. Under Article 68 of the Korean Constitution, a new election for a Korean president must commence within 60 days. This ruling confirms the impeachment motion which triggered the review, and Yoon is dismissed from office [...]

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An all-too-familiar federal judge to President Donald Trump ordered his administration on Thursday to preserve a set of text messages exchanged between high level government officials on the Signal messaging app, which contained sensitive military and strategic information that included targeted strikes in Yemen. The messages were exchanged over a period of four days between [...]

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