A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on Thursday blocked a Wisconsin law that would place limitations on early voting, finding the “challenged provisions … clearly inconsistent with the injunctions” issued in 2016 regarding similar restrictive voting laws. Wisconsin Act 369 was enacted by the legislature in December, allegedly [...]
The High Court of Myanmar on Friday rejected the appeal of Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were sentenced to seven years in jail for violating the Official Secrets Act in September. The journalists were arrested in 2017 while investigating military operations in northern Rakhine State. Judge Aung Naing, in making his [...]
Russia announced on Monday that it had arrested a US citizen on Friday for suspicion of espionage. According to Russia’s Federal Security Service, Paul Whelan will be detained until the criminal investigation is complete. The agency also refuses to provide details of the allegations until then. In Russia, the crime of espionage carries up to a [...]
UN Special Rapporteur of the human rights of migrants Felipe González Morales on Monday called for an independent investigation into the death of Jakelin Ameí Caal, a Guatemalan migrant child who died while in US Customs and Border Protection. Jakelin was in custody, along with her family and other migrants, after crossing the Mexico border. The factual [...]
A panel of the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an emergency application submitted by Noel Conway, who suffers from a terminal motor neurone disease, challenging the Suicide Act of 1961, which makes assisted dying illegal. The panel, although finding that this case present “an arguable point of law of general public important which ought [...]
A 2017 audit made public by the Associated Press on Tuesday concluded that Navient Corp., the third- largest student loan servicing company, may have persuaded thousands of borrowers into higher-cost repayment plans in order to increase its profits. In October 2017 Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shaprio filed a lawsuit against Navient Corp. over unlawful student [...]
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday amended an opioids lawsuit adding Walgreens and CVS as defendants, alleging that both companies participated in creating an illegitimate demand for opioids while “unlawfully increasing the supply of opioids to meet that demand.” The lawsuit alleges that along with the other defendants, Walgreens and CVS collaborated in “unconscionable [...]
A hearing began Tuesday for a Northern Ireland woman seeking judicial review of the criminal charges leveled against her for supplying abortion pills to her daughter in violation of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act. The woman, proceeding under the name JR76, is the first to present a legal challenge to criminal prosecution resulting [...]
The Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for trademark infringement, resulting from the latter organization’s decision to change the name of its program to “Scouts BSA” and permit girls, ages 11 to 17, to join. The complaint alleges that BSA’s [...]
US Department State Secretary Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced that 21 Saudi Arabians suspected in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will have their visas revoked or deemed ineligible for a visa to gain admittance into the US. During a briefing, Pompeo said that the suspect list includes officials from the intelligence services, the royal [...]
