Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, who was arrested after a bloodless coup ousted him from office earlier this year, was sentenced Saturday to two years in detention after he was found guilty of corruption by a court in Khartoum. However, the law in Sudan specifies that no one over 70 years of age can be [...]
Families of young children from the Democratic Republic of Congo who have been injured or killed while mining cobalt launched a lawsuit against Apple, Google, Tesla, Dell and Microsoft on Sunday. Cobalt is used in batteries for the electronic devices that technology companies manufacture and is abundant in the Congo. The complaint details the dangerous [...]
A court in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad sentenced former military dictator Pervez Musharraf to death Tuesday. A three-member bench of a special court, headed by judge Waqar Ahmad Seth and comprising judges Nazar Akbar and Shahid Karim, found Musharraf guilty of high treason under Article 6 of Pakistan’s constitution and meted out the death penalty. Article [...]
The recent subject of a Supreme Court case regarding racial bias in jury selection, Curtis Flowers was released on bail Monday after 23 years of incarceration. Flowers was tried six times for the 1996 murders of four people in the Tardy Furniture store in Winona, Mississippi. While the Supreme Court overturned his latest conviction and [...]
Judge Paul Malloy of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, ruled for Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) Friday to purge voter registrations of 234,000 voters. The complaint filed in November claimed the Wisconsin Election Commission risked Wisconsin’s election integrity by allowing voter registrations from old addresses to remain active. The Commission sent a letter in October [...]
The Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases on Friday in addition to taking up appeals surrounding President Donald Trump’s financial records. The issue in McGirt v. Oklahoma is whether the prosecution of an enrolled member of the Creek Tribe for crimes committed within the historical Creek boundaries is subject to exclusive federal jurisdiction. The [...]
The House Judiciary Committee on Sunday filed a report of impeachable offenses by President Donald Trump, adding criminal bribery and wire fraud to his list of crimes. The report also refutes White House Counsel Pat Cipollone’s pushback against impeachment on the grounds of due process. The report states that due process protections are not granted [...]
Protests continued across India Monday over proposed legislation (CAB) that would allow religious minorities persecuted in neighboring countries to seek citizenship but would exclude Muslims. Protests have become violent, with six killed, and dozens more injured. Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the country to focus on the unity of India and discouraged violent protesting. “Debate, [...]
Negotiations at the COP25 UN.climate conference in Madrid ended Sunday, with little progress on climate crisis strategies. UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated his feelings on Twitter regarding the situation, expressing disappointment but optimism for conferences to come. Guterres stated that he is “more determined than ever to work for 2020 to be the year in [...]
The US Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a case that sparked nationwide debate between local governments and advocates for the homeless. In the certiorari petition denied Monday, counsel for the city of Boise, Idaho, had called on the high court to strike down a Ninth Circuit ruling that restricted the city’s authority to [...]
