Multiple police officers and protestors were injured in Armenia’s capital city Friday during protests over the Armenian government’s handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh border dispute with Azerbaijan. Thirty-four police officers and 16 protestors were hurt during the Yerevan demonstrations. The Armenian Ministry of Health confirmed that four people are still hospitalized for their injuries but all [...]

The US Department of Justice Friday announced the launch of Mexico’s judicial bench book for criminal hearings and trials. This bench book “is designed to increase judicial economy, decrease caseloads, and standardize judicial practices across Mexico.” Since 2018, Mexican law enforcement and military personnel have dealt with rising rates of crime-related violence in Mexico. The collaborators [...]

The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) judicial council Saturday said that its oil and gas law remains effective despite an Iraq Supreme Court ruling that found the law unconstitutional. The KRG, an autonomous government in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, enacted the Oil and Gas Law No. 22 (of 2007), enabling Kurdish authorities to develop and administer their [...]

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has released its 2021 Annual Report, revealing that Colombia only partially adopted necessary measures to prevent human rights violations by its security forces. The IACHR’s annual report “addresses the situation of human rights and presents relevant progress made in the Americas, along with pending challenges.” In order to maintain the rights to [...]

The US government has extradited former governor of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico César Duarte to Mexico for prosecution related to the crimes of embezzlement and criminal association. After extradition, Duarte “will be put at the disposal of the pre-trial judge of the Morelos Judicial District in Chihuahua” The criminal process will also occur [...]

Dilkhayot Kasimov, an Uzbekistani citizen residing in Brooklyn, NY, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday after being convicted in 2019 of both conspiring to and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.  In 2015, Kasimov helped pay for Akhror Saidakhmetov to go to Syria, knowing that Saidakhmetov planned to [...]

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday urged the El Salvador government to comply with international human rights obligations in its treatment of over 36,000 Salvadorans detained during its state of national emergency. The El Salvador government declared a nationwide emergency on March 27, reportedly to combat a spike in gang-related killings. The El [...]

Japan’s House of Representatives Friday passed the first-ever stablecoin investor protection bill, regulating who is able to issue them and how they are linked to an existing tender. Stablecoins are a unique type of cryptocurrency, with their value directly tied to an outside asset such as legal tender or commodities, in order to create more stability [...]

The attorney general of California Friday announced that his office had secured a guilty plea and conviction against the leader of Mexico-based megachurch La Luz del Mundo. Accepted just days before trial, the plea deal required that Naasón Joaquín García admit to three counts of sexual acts against minors. García, who was arrested in 2019, had long maintained [...]

The European Union (EU) Friday adopted a sixth round of sanctions against Russia, this time targeting government supporters and top military leaders. Among the individuals listed are two commanders accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Bucha and Mariupol in Ukraine, Azatbek Omurbekov and Mikhail Mizintsev. Omurbekov in particular has been accused of being an “executioner, [...]