Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Senior Correspondent in Kenya. She files this dispatch from Nairobi.  July 7th, also known as Saba Saba (7-7), is a very significant and historical day for Kenya as a nation. It was on this day 33 years ago, in 1990, that Kenyans all over the country took to the streets [...]

Three non-governmental organizations filed for a judicial review claim on Friday against the UK government over its revised climate change strategy. The organizations seek to challenge the lawfulness of the government’s new plans, claiming they are “inadequate” to address the threat of climate change. Environmental and legal organizations Friends of the Earth, Client Earth and [...]

The UK High Court of Justice held Thursday that the Cabinet Office must hand over all documents Covid-19 Inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett requests, including former prime minister Boris Johnson’s diaries and WhatsApp messages. The Cabinet Office launched a judicial review case against Hallett’s request last week. While Hallett argued she should determine which documents [...]

The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong unanimously voted to support a bill that overhauls the city’s district councils on Thursday, which will dramatically reduce the number of directly elected seats on district councils. Under a 2021 change to Hong Kong’s election law, the district councils served as one of the last ways for Hong [...]

Hong Kong’s press freedom score dropped four times in four consecutive years, said the Hong Kong Journalist’s Association Friday when releasing its Press Freedom Index for 2023. The index was created in 2013 and is calculated from ratings given by Hong Kong journalists and the general public. In 2018, Hong Kong’s press freedom score was [...]

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Poland’s former Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court breached the European Convention on Human Rights when it suspended and removed the judicial immunity of Judge Igor Tuleya. Before his suspension, Tuleya emerged as a prominent figure in opposition to Poland’s judicial reforms. The court determined that [...]

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) dismissed India’s objections regarding the legitimacy of arbitration to address the ongoing Indus River disputes between India and Pakistan on Thursday. Consequently, the court has reinstated a previously stalled procedure that had been impeded for a considerable number of years. Pakistan asserts that India’s proposed hydroelectric energy projects will substantially [...]

Waltine Nauta, a former aide to US ex-President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to six criminal charges in a Miami, Florida federal court. According to a minute order from the magistrate that oversaw Nauta’s arraignment, Nauta pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding documents or records, corruptly concealing documents or records, concealing [...]

The Hong Kong Police Force released statements on Wednesday and Thursday announcing the arrest of a total of five people for suspected contravention of the National Security Law. The police arrested these men for the suspected contravention of “conspiracy to collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security” under Article [...]

Tel Aviv District Commander Ami Eshed announced his resignation from policing in a press conference Wednesday. Eshed stated that due to requests from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet to “crackdown” on protesters, he saw no option but to resign. This comes as demonstrations against Israel’s proposed judicial reform enter their fourth day, with almost half [...]