The daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X filed a civil action Friday against the US, the city of New York, and the estates of various former federal agents for their alleged role in concealing, condoning, and facilitating his assassination in 1965. The family of Malcolm X is represented by noted civil rights attorney Ben [...]
Croatia’s anti-corruption authority, Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK), on Thursday launched an investigation against the former health minister Vili Beroš, in addition to two other companies, for allegations of corruption through the public health system. USKOK initiated an investigation against three Croatian citizens on suspicion of participating in a criminal [...]
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a legislative subpoena cannot interfere with an execution scheduled by the judiciary, emphasizing the importance of separation of powers. The ruling centers on the case of Robert Roberson, who was convicted in 2003 of killing his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, through shaken baby syndrome—a diagnosis now widely [...]
The European Commission fined Meta, the parent company of Facebook, $797.72 million euro on Wednesday for abusing its dominant position and breaching EU antitrust rules. The EU opened these proceedings against Meta in 2021 for the anti-competitive advertising model adopted in the operation of Facebook Marketplace. Meta, formerly known as Facebook Inc., owns several social [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice Edwards on Thursday called on Ecuador to investigate and prosecute the alleged torture of its former vice president Jorge Glas. The Special Rapporteur raised alarm over the conditions of Glas, who has shown signs of physical and psychological torture. According to medical reports provided, Glas has suffered “dislocated thumbs, [...]
The Supreme Court of India on Friday directed the newly formed Jammu & Kashmir union territory government to frame a policy for the premature release of prisoners. The Supreme Court directed the Jammu & Kashmir administration to develop a policy on the premature release of prisoners after a former security personnel who was convicted of [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that Poland violated the right to a fair trial enshrined in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights by quashing and modifying the sentence of a prisoner who had already served the majority of his sentence. The applicant, Łukasz Zakrzewski, contended that the [...]
The Hong Kong High Court on Thursday sentenced the accused ringleader of an alleged bomb plot targeting Hong Kong police to 23 years and 10 months imprisonment. Ng Chi-hung was convicted of “conspiracy to commit a bombing of prescribed object” under the city’s United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance. The court also sentenced six other individuals. [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a report on Thursday that the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta routinely violates the constitutional rights of individuals in its custody. The DOJ’s report revealed the findings of a civil rights investigation launched in July 2023, uncovering pervasive abuses at the facility that included failures to protect [...]
The Supreme Court of India ruled on Wednesday that individuals cannot invoke the right to equality to claim benefits that were unlawfully granted to others, even if they were unfairly denied similar advantages themselves. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Augustine George Masih delivered the judgment. The court noted that Article [...]
