The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Wednesday rejected a request from a group of medical marijuana supporters to block a provision in Nebraska’s constitution that establishes a signature requirement for ballot initiatives. The group, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM), is a registered ballot campaign committee in Nebraska that initiated petitions to put [...]

A Saudi Arabian court Tuesday sentenced Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani to 45 years prison for tweeting material the court claimed impinged upon “public order and religious values.” Not many details are known about the case yet. Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a nonprofit organization founded by Saudi Arabian journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi, [...]

In the last few moments of her term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet’s office Wednesday released a long-awaited report on alleged human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang region. This comes despite immense pressure from the authorities in Beijing not to publish the report. The report, titled “OHCHR Assessment of human rights [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a court filing Tuesday that it had evidence that classified documents were deliberately concealed from the FBI, which prompted the search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The filing comes after a Saturday order from Judge Aileen Cannon for the DOJ to respond to Trump’s motion [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi.   This has been a very hectic week for Kenya. Mombasa and Kakamega had their gubernatorial elections on Monday, while Rongai, West Pokot South and Kacheliba had their Member of Parliament (MP) elections the very same day. The Azimio La Umoja party won [...]

The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed instant messaging service Telegram to disclose information pertaining to channels, devices, servers, networks, phone numbers and IP and email addresses involved in the production and dissemination of copyright infringing content. Plaintiffs seek injunctive reliefs against Telegram and other defendants involved in the unauthorized dissemination of videos, lecture, books and [...]

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the ACLU of Indiana and other organizations Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s abortion ban. Plaintiffs seek to block SB 1, which bans nearly all abortions except in cases of rape, incest, lethal fetal abnormalities or serious health risk to the pregnant parent. Governor Holcomb signed [...]

The founder of Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex was arrested in Albania Tuesday according to a press release from the Turkish Interior Ministry. Faruk Fatih Ozer, the founder of Thodex, was apprehended in Vlora, Albania. The press release states that extradition proceedings “were initiated” by Interpol. Turkey had put Ozer on Interpol’s “Red Notice” which, according [...]

A UN Independent Expert Tuesday said that the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and gender diverse (LGBT) people are being “deliberately undermined” by some state governments in the United States and urged the Biden administration to strengthen and protect LGBT rights. Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, [...]

A Nigerian judge rejected a request from the Nigerian Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami the for the extradition of suspended deputy commissioner of police Abba Kyari. Malami requested Kyari be extradited to the US to face fraud charges in connection with Ramon Olorunwa Abbas’ international crime scheme. Justice Inyang [...]