Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić Sunday alleged NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers rejected Serbia’s request to replace Serbian security forces in Kosovo. The request came amidst rising tensions between Serbia and Kosovo along Kosovo’s northern border. In an interview by New Weekend Morning, Vučić stated that KFOR told him there was “no need for the return [...]
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. Kenyan President William Ruto held an inaugural interview (video here and here) last Wednesday where he invited the media to State House to discuss and clarify various matters affecting Kenyans at the moment. The interview received quite a reaction from Kenyans, especially [...]
International leaders Sunday expressed their condemnation after supporters of former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential office. President Luiz Inácio Luna de Silva commented: Whoever did this will be found and punished. Democracy guarantees the right to free expression, but it also requires people to respect institutions. There is [...]
The Palestine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Sunday announced that Israeli authorities withdrew the VIP travel permit for the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Riyad Al-Malki. VIP travel permits allow selected senior Palestinian officials to travel about the occupied West Bank freely in contrast to ordinary Palestinians. Authorities revoked the benefit during [...]
The Ministry of Justice of the United Kingdom Saturday announced in a press release that London will host an international meeting of justice ministers from around the world to aid the International Criminal Court (ICC) in investigating alleged war crimes in Ukraine. UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and Dutch Minister of Justice and Security [...]
Russia and Ukraine Sunday engaged in an exchange of captured soldiers. A total of 50 Ukrainian soldiers and 50 Russian soldiers were returned to their respective home countries as a result of the negotiations. According to state-controlled media, the Russian Defence Ministry stated, “On January 8, as a result of negotiations, 50 Russian servicemen, who were [...]
João Carlos Souto (@soutojc) is Professor of Constitutional Law at the Centro Universitário UDF and the President of the United States-Brazil Comparative Law Institute. He files this special dispatch for JURIST from Brasilia. Brazil today witnessed the most serious attack on State institutions since re-democratization in 1985. Extreme right-wing terrorists invaded and partially destroyed the [...]
Crowds supporting former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday infiltrated and vandalized the country’s National Congress, Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), and presidential palace buildings one week after the inauguration of left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Demonstrators smashed the National Congress’s windows and stormed its senate chamber. Protesters then breached the country’s Supreme Federal Tribunal, [...]
Judicial news agency Mizan Online reported Saturday that Iran executed two men, Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hossein, for allegedly killing a paramilitary force member during protests. This comes after Amnesty International warned that urgent action is needed in the region following protests in Iran that resulted in at least 11 people being sentenced [...]
Seattle Public Schools Friday filed a lawsuit in US District Court of Washington alleging that the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat should be held accountable for a “mental health crisis” among the youth attending their schools. The school district argued that the “excessive and problematic” use of social media among students [...]
