UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday said the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) violated human rights law after a report emerged that the DRC severely restricted...
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UN human rights experts on Monday called for the immediate release of two human rights defenders in Iran after reports emerged that the two defenders had been subjected to beatings in detention. Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty in Arizona under the Eighth Amendment. Abel Hidalgo was sentenced to death for two counts of first...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Nielsen v. Preap to rule on the mandatory detention of noncitizens who are released from criminal custody. The question before the court...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Peru's Congress voted by a wide margin on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for a...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Treasury Department imposed new economic sanctions Thursday on 19 Russian individuals and five entities for their interference in the 2016 US election, and a number of other...
Peru's Congress voted by a wide margin on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for a second time in three months. Congress voted 87-15 in...
The US Treasury Department imposed new economic sanctions Thursday on 19 Russian individuals and five entities for their interference in the 2016 US election, and a number of other destructive cyber-attacks. The Treasury Department highlighted continuing Russian destabilizing...
Turkey's parliament on Tuesday approved legislation modifying electoral regulations, leading to a brawl on the chamber floor as the opposition says the new rules could lead to fraud and undermine the integrity of a slate of polls...
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is facing trial over 16 charges related to corruption, South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority boss Shaun Abrahams announced on Friday. The charges include one count of racketeering, two counts of corruption,...
