The Indian Supreme Court Monday released a decision expanding the conventional legal meaning of “family” and granted equal protection of the law to an atypical family unit. The court observed that “familial relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships.” The case concerned a married woman who was denied maternity leave [...]

An Israeli court Tuesday sentenced Mohammed al-Halabi to 12 years in prison. Al-Halabi is the Gaza director for international Christian charity World Vision. This decision comes after al-Halabi spent six years in Israeli detention and attended 172 court hearings. Halabi was convicted in June of 13 charges. Authories allege that he diverted funds from World Vision [...]

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis (St. Kitts and Nevis) Monday struck down the country’s anti-sodomy law, thus protecting the constitutional rights of LGBTQ+ citizens. Sections 56 and 57 of the Offences Against the Person Act, Cap. 4.21 deal with sodomy and indecent assault against males respectively. These [...]

A Georgia state judge Monday held that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp must testify before a grand jury investigating possible 2020 election interference by former president Donald Trump and his allies. Because Kemp is running for reelection in the 2022 general election, the judge held that Kemp does not have to appear before the grand jury [...]

Russian police Monday charged independent Russian journalist Andrey Zayakin with financing extremist activity for a small dollar donation Zayakin made to Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), a foundation started by Russian dissident and critic Alexei Navalny. Zayakin faces up to eight years prison for donating 1,000 rubles ($16) to FBK. Zayakin is a reporter for Novaya Gazeta, [...]

Rabia Shuja holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from Griffith College, Dublin and is a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Pakistan. She reports from Islamabad.  On the 21st of August former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was charged under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act. The charges against Khan are a culmination of escalating tensions [...]

Proud Boys affiliate Joshua Pruitt was sentenced Monday to four years and seven months in prison for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection. He must also pay $2,000 in restitution. Pruitt was charged with obstruction of an official proceeding and signed a plea agreement June 3. The sentencing memorandum details Pruitt’s involvement with the [...]

India’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Monday released its Crime in India 2021 Report. The report registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 for a daily average of 87 cases. The findings suggest a 12.9 percent increase in rape cases registered over the previous year’s figure of 28,046 cases. The NCRB, which functions under the [...]

Gaithe Alwahab is a JURIST staff correspondent in Iraq and a law graduate of  Al Iraqia University. Here he reports from Baghdad, giving this hour-by-hour report of Monday’s violent clashes between political factions in the capital’s Green Zone that resulted in multiple deaths and many injuries.  The text of this report has only been lightly [...]

Life-threatening air pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina has caused the deaths of thousands of citizens, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the countries that is highly polluted during the winter months and has the fifth-highest mortality rate from air pollution. The main cause of this air pollution is the [...]