A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday ordered that a former New York City accountant who admitted to scoping out the New York Stock Exchange for al Qaeda be released early from his 18-year prison sentence. Sabirhan Hasanoff, who goes by the name Tareq, originally pled guilty in June 2012 to “one count of providing and [...]
Nigeria Federal High Court Justice Rilwan Aikawa has struck out a case against 47 men accused of violating Nigeria’s law against homosexual relationships, including gay marriage, due to “the lack of diligent prosecution.” The men faced charges relating to public displays of affection with the same sex, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. [...]
The European Court of Human rights ruled Tuesday that Belgium violated the rights of a Sudanese refugee when it deported him in spite of a court order which suspended the deportation and without first assessing the risk of human rights violations he could face if he returned to Sudan. The 25-year-old Sudanese refugee, identified only as [...]
Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced via Twitter Tuesday that a judicial investigation will begin into the protestor shootings that unfolded in the Nigerian city. The governor stated that “on our work to end police brutality, our judicial panel is ready to begin work. We want to find justice and provide compensation for victims to the [...]
The UN human rights investigator for Belarus said Monday that Belarus needs to “promptly stop repressing its own people” and should establish an independent judicial system to overcome its current political crisis. This call follows demonstrations against President Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election for a sixth term in August, which some claim was rigged. During a presentation [...]
Chilean citizens overwhelmingly voted to draft a new constitution to replace former guiding principles put in place four decades ago under General Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship. More than 7.5 million of 14.97 million eligible voters opted to overhaul the constitution Sunday; the largest voter turnout since Chile instituted voluntary voting in 2012. Citizens want the [...]
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday rejected a Department of Justice (DOJ) request to immediately ban Apple from offering WeChat in the US. In early August, President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions against Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat, stating that the spread of Chinese mobile apps throughout [...]
A Bolivian judge sitting in La Paz on Monday canceled a warrant for exiled former president Evo Morales. Morales, who has been in exile for more than a year in Mexico and then Argentina, would now be able to return to Bolivia without fear of arrest. Morales fled the country in November 2019 in the [...]
The US Department of the Treasury announced Monday that it was imposing new sanctions on the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), the National Iranian Tanker Company, and <21 other individuals, entities, and vessels. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated them as counterterrorism authorities for their financial [...]
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced sanctions Monday on US companies Lockheed Martin, Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Raytheon and others that have sold arms to Taiwan. The spokesperson said that arms sales to Taiwan “severely violate the one-China principle … and seriously undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests.” The spokesperson urged the US to [...]
