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 [...]

A three-judge bench of the High Court of New Zealand ruled Wednesday that the first nine days of the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the government were unlawful. The case was filed by Wellington lawyer Andrew Borrowdale. The lockdown came after statements in late March by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and government officials requesting that citizens [...]

The Taiwanese government said Monday that it has revised certain regulations to increase scrutiny of mainland Chinese citizens who are residents of Hong Kong or Macau and seek to relocate to Taiwan, ensuring they do not engage in spying or other illegal acts. The revisions have been made to Regulations Governing Permits for Hong Kong [...]

The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Tuesday convicted Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanon Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and the killing of 21 others in a bombing. The tribunal acquitted the three other defendants, citing insufficient evidence. On February 14, 2005, former prime minister Hariri was traveling in his [...]

The EU has taken its first steps towards imposing sanctions on Belarusian officials who have been cracking down on thousands of citizens protesting last week’s elections following an emergency session on Friday. Sanctions such as visa bans and the freezing of assets are likely to be imposed at the end of the month, following the [...]