During the Barack Obama presidency, the Justice Department prepared a 16-page unsigned, undated “White Paper” that outlined the administration’s legal reasoning justifying unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-targeted killings of terrorism suspects if an informed high-level official decided that the target was a high-ranking al-Qaida figure or affiliate who posed an imminent threat of violent attack against [...]
A woman convicted of violating coronavirus restrictions for attending a vigil for Sarah Everard Tuesday brought a civil suit against London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) for violation of her rights under the UK’s Human Rights Act, 1998. Dania Al-Obeid was attending the March 13, 2021, vigil of Sarah Everard, a woman who was raped and [...]
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal has affirmed a trial judge’s decision that a parentless 16-year-old is not “sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy.” Under Florida law, a pregnant minor’s parent or legal guardian needs to consent to the termination of that minor’s pregnancy, with certain exceptions. The minor sought before Escambia County [...]
Liberian President George Weah Tuesday suspended three government officials based on sanctions issued Monday by the US Treasury Department (DOT). DOT sanctioned Nathaniel McGill, Sayma Syrenius Cephus and Bill Twehway under Executive Order (EO) 13818 for their participation in ongoing public corruption. The purpose of EO 13818 is to implement the Global Magnitsky Human Rights [...]
German prosecutors Tuesday declined to investigate German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his involvement in a tax scandal. In an exclusive report to German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, prosecutors from the Attorney General’s office said they found no evidence that Scholz aided or abetted anyone involved in Germany’s cum-ex scandal. The scandal consisted of a share-trading scheme [...]
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. Kenyan elections have been some of the most drama-filled moments in my country, and unfortunately some of the saddest. I honestly do not think we’ve had a general election where no one has died. Monday night Daniel Musyoka, the missing Embakasi East [...]
Darragh O’Brien TD, Irish Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Monday referred a report into alleged conflicts of interest at An Bord Pleanála to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). O’Brien asked Remy Farrell SC to prepare the report on the management of alleged conflicts of interest and relevant disclosures by the former deputy [...]
Scotland Monday enacted the Period Products Act, making Scotland the first country to make period products free. The bill was first introduced by Monica Lennon, a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), in 2017. Following her campaign, the Scottish government unanimously passed the Bill in 2020. Under the new act, the Scottish government must set up [...]
Federal police officers Monday filed a complaint against Pennsylvania resident Adam Bies for making threats against federal law enforcement officers. The complaint alleges that Bies made numerous online threats using a social media platform called Gab. Most of the threats came just days after the FBI searched President Donald Trump’s residence on August 8. The [...]
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has called into question the responsiveness and effectiveness of many international organizations, particularly those dealing with economic matters. When the war broke out, the West made it clear they were unwilling to commit military forces to Ukraine. Instead, in addition to providing weapons, the decision was made to respond through economic [...]
