Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Zhao Lin Jian has denounced as “groundless” assertions in a recent Canadian national cyber threat assessment report that named China, as well as Iran, North Korea and Russia, as its greatest cyber-crime risks, fearing espionage and attacks on critical Canadian infrastructure. The report by the Canadian Communications Security Establishment [...]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that foreign military draft evaders could be entitled to asylum in the EU. In what was technically a preliminary ruling in an ongoing case, the court held that there was a “strong presumption” that people escaping military service in violent regimes were entitled to asylum, with evasion [...]
The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay Friday of a lower court injunction that prohibited the enforcement of a Tennessee law banning abortion because of gender, race, or a Down Syndrome diagnosis. The decision comes as part of a lawsuit filed by Tennessee abortion providers seeking to block several restrictive abortion laws [...]
Human Rights Watch highlighted continuing enforced disappearances, rape, torture and unlawful killings in Nepal 14 years after the conclusion of a conflict between Maoist insurgents and the Nepalese government in a report issued Friday. HRW noted that out of 286 people recommended to face legal consequences by Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), only 30 [...]
A federal court in Georgia denied a motion Thursday seeking a temporary restraining order to block the certification of presidential election results from the state. The lawsuit had been filed by L. Lin Wood, Jr., an Atlanta lawyer and supporter of President Trump, best known for representing Richard Jewell, the security guard falsely accused of the [...]
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Australian government “welcomed” a recommendation from the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee (the Committee) Thursday to create a single family court structure for the country. The Committee conducted a 12-month inquiry on the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019 and the Federal Circuit and Family Court [...]
The Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled Thursday that sections of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act effectively denying domestic workers compensation if they suffer disease, disablement, injuries, or death in the course of their employment are unconstitutional as they infringe on fundamental rights of domestic workers set out in the South African [...]
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday that bans on conversion therapy violate the First Amendment. Plaintiff-appellants Robert Otto and Julie Hamilton provided what they call “sexual orientation change efforts” (SOCE) through talk therapy until Palm Beach County and the City of Boca Raton banned conversion therapy in 2017. The [...]
Egyptian authorities arrested Friday Gasser Abdel Razek, the Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). EIPR is a Human rights organization whose goal is to “strengthen and protect basic rights and freedoms in Egypt, through research, advocacy and supporting litigation in the fields of civil liberties, economic and social rights, and criminal justice.” EIPR [...]
The US Supreme Court vacated a stay of execution for Orlando Hall Thursday evening, resulting in Hall’s execution at 11:47 pm Thursday. Justices Kagan, Breyer, and Sotomayor dissented from the decision. Hall is the eighth federal death row inmate to be executed since President Donald Trump resumed federal executions this summer after a 17-year hiatus. [...]
