Former Ghana Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on January 6 in Washington, DC, where he remains in custody at the Caroline Detention Facility in the state of Virginia. His detention follows Ghana’s December 10 formal extradition request to the US Department of Justice for Ofori-Atta, who faces [...]
On January 3, 2026, the US military captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, at his compound in Caracas. The operation came after months of mounting pressures by US President Donald Trump, including a series of controversial boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific. US Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced [...]
Editor’s note: This story is part of ongoing coverage of the lead up to Mangione’s trial. Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Days 5-7, Day 8, and Day 9 of suppression hearings on the case. Luigi Mangione’s federal criminal trial could begin as soon as October 2026. On January 9, Judge Margaret [...]
A Kenyan High Court judge halted implementation of a landmark US-Kenya health cooperation agreement on December 19, pending a constitutional challenge. Justice Chacha Mwita of the High Court of Kenya at Milimani Law Courts issued the order suspending the framework signed on December 4 between the governments of Kenya and the United States, following a [...]
Editor’s note: This is Day 9 (final day) of JURIST’s coverage of Luigi Mangione’s suppression hearings. Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Days 5-7, Day 8. Luigi Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, CEO of medical insurance company UnitedHealthcare, on December 4, 2024, outside a Manhattan hotel in New York [...]
On November 19, the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)—a regional court with jurisdiction over human rights violations in the bloc’s member states—ordered Ghana to file its defense by December 19 in the case of Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo v. The Republic of Ghana. Former Ghana chief [...]
This dispatch was co-authored by Divyabharthi Baradhan (JURIST Staff, Malaysia) and Sarisha Harikrishna (Queen’s University Belfast School of Law, United Kingdom). In a landmark ruling, the Permanent People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan (the Tribunal) on December 11 in the Hague, Netherlands, found that the Taliban de facto authorities have committed crimes against humanity under [...]
Editor’s note: This is Day 8 of JURIST’s coverage of Mangione’s suppression hearings. Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4. Luigi Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, CEO of medical insurance company UnitedHealthcare, on December 4, 2024, outside a Manhattan hotel. He faces a nine-count indictment including second-degree murder, where [...]
Luigi Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, CEO of medical insurance company UnitedHealthcare, on December 4, 2024, outside a Manhattan hotel in New York state. He faces a nine-count indictment including second-degree murder, where he faces a maximum of 25 years to life in prison, and multiple weapons offenses. Mangione was arrested on [...]
Editor’s note: This is Day 4 of JURIST’s coverage of Mangione’s suppression hearings. Read Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3. On Day 4 of suppression hearings in the New York state case against Luigi Mangione, Altoona Police Officer Christy Wasser testified that she discovered a pistol, loaded magazine, and suppressor in Mangione’s backpack during [...]
