German prosecutors announced Thursday that a Syrian national accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes through torture and enslavement between 2012 and 2015 has been arrested. The investigating judge presiding over the matter ordered the man detained pending trial. The Syrian national, known only as ‘Ahmad H.,’ was arrested by Officers of the Federal [...]

Former US President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to four criminal charges on Thursday in a federal courthouse in Washington D.C. The charges stem from an indictment unsealed on Tuesday which alleged that Trump conspired to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. Trump appeared with his private counsel before federal Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya for [...]

Singaporean authorities executed Mohamed Shalleh Bin Abdul Latiff, a 39-year-old former delivery driver, Thursday for trafficking 54.04 grams of diamorphine, a controlled drug, which is four times the amount required to trigger the mandatory death penalty under Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act. Shalleh is the second person executed by the country in the last week. [...]

Thousands of indigenous people from the northwestern Argentine province of Jujuy arrived in Buenos Aires on Tuesday after crossing the country to protest a provincial constitutional reform allowing greater lithium extraction from the land they reside on. The protesters said that increased extraction of lithium in the area would cause drought, soil contamination and environmental [...]

James Joseph is JURIST’s UK Senior Editor. I have previously written about my work alongside Emma Lilley, an in-house solicitor, in campaigning for The Law Society (the professional association representing solicitors in England and Wales) to host a regional call ceremony for solicitors outside London, where all calls have traditionally taken place. Finally, after a [...]

Amnesty International (AI) released a report Thursday documenting alleged war crimes being committed in Sudan during the ongoing conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The report details how the spiraling conflict in Sudan has resulted in the deaths and grievous injury of thousands of civilians since fighting broke out [...]

British Rowing announced a new policy Thursday, banning transgender athletes from competing in the Women’s Category. Their new policy comes with the announcement of three new categories starting September 11: Open, Mixed and Women’s. However, the new policy also states that for the Women’s Category, “Only individuals who are assigned female at birth will be [...]

Kenya’s Environment and Land Court issued interim orders Wednesday against a policy directive reinstated by President William Ruto in July lifting a moratorium on logging pending the hearing and determination of a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). In the ruling, Justice Oscar Angote, the presiding judge, also issued conservatory orders suspending [...]

Former Republican State Representative Daire Rendon and former Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno were charged Tuesday over efforts to access and tamper with voting machines in Michigan following the 2020 US presidential election. Both politicians were arraigned in Oakland County’s Sixth Circuit Court. The charges arise from an ongoing investigation into attempts by [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction that enjoined the enforcement of a Guam law requiring in-person consultations before obtaining an abortion. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the District of Guam. Circuit Judge Kenneth K. Lee authored the unanimous opinion of the three-judge [...]