The Supreme Court of Belarus on Tuesday rejected a complaint filed by former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya that sought to initiate criminal proceedings against the country’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) for approving the outcome of the countries recent presidential election and for the election’s result to be annulled. The Belarusian presidential elections took place earlier this [...]
The Supreme Court of Chile on Monday rejected a request from the US for the extradition of Carlos Cardoen Cornejo. The Chilean businessman is being accused of illegally exporting Zirconium metal between August 1982 and October 1989. This metal was allegedly used for manufacturing cluster bombs, which were used by the Iraqi airforce against Iran. [...]
TikTok, a popular video-sharing mobile app owned by a Chinese company, sued the US government on Monday over President Donald Trump’s efforts to ban the app in the US. The lawsuit comes a month after Trump, invoking theInternational Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), issued an executive order that would effectively ban the operation of TikTok in the [...]
The Federal Council of the Swiss government on Thursday rejected a proposal to appoint supreme court judges by drawing lots, stating that it would raise questions about the legitimacy of the court. The judges of the Federal Court, the Federal Criminal Court, and the Federal Administrative Court are members of the parliament and rely on [...]
Hashem Abedi, who assisted his brother in carrying out a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in May of 2017, was sentenced to at least 55 years of jail imprisonment on Thursday. Hashem Abedi was found guilty by a jury in March of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder, and plotting to [...]
The Foreign Ministry of China announced on Thursday that it would suspend the agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters between the government of the United States and the government of Hong Kong. The announcement came in response to the “erogenous” move of the US government to suspend three bilateral agreements with the Hong [...]
The Bishkek City Court on Friday upheld the Birinchi Mai District Court’s 18-year prison sentence of former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sapar Isakov for corruption. The Birinchi Mai District Court in Bishkek convicted Isakov last month of misusing funds allocated to the renovation of the State History Museum and the hippodrome in Cholpon-Ata. According to a [...]
Members of the European Council on Wednesday said they do not recognize Belarus’ August 9 election results where President Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected in a landslide victory, claiming 80 percent of the votes. The EU will also impose sanctions against “a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression and the falsification of election results,” which it [...]
Thai authorities issued arrest warrants on Wednesday for activists who took part in the 3 August pro-democracy demonstration. Among the six activists arrested is lawyer Anon Nampa, who called for reform of the monarchy, marking the second time he has been arrested this month. Previously charged with sedition, Anon joined the student rallies demanding constitutional [...]
Egypt’s parliament gave final approval Tuesday to a bill seeking to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by adding an article providing for the protection of sexual harassment and assault victims’ identities during legal procedures. The provision is aimed at encouraging women to report such crimes without fear of identification resulting in retribution or pressure to withdraw [...]
