Human Rights Watch (HRW) asked Indian authorities Wednesday to free all detained Myanmar asylum seekers immediately. The organization also urged the authorities to investigate the deaths of two women who had escaped from Myanmar and died in state custody in June from COVID-19. HRW South Asia director Meenakshi Ganguly said that asylum seekers from Myanmar [...]

The Swedish Prosecution Authority charged an unnamed 60-year-old Iranian national Tuesday with war crimes and murder of more than 100 political prisoners in Iran going back to 1988. According to the indictment filed by prosecutors Kristina Lindhoff Carleson and Martina Winslow, the accused individual was an assistant to the deputy prosecutor in Gohardasht prison in [...]

The California Supreme Court held Monday that prisoners are entitled to a lawyer before a trial court can consider their record of conviction in determining whether the prisoners may challenge their murder convictions for killings committed by others. This case originated in the trial court when the defendant Vince Lewis filed a petition, under a [...]

A group of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leader Michael Regan to reinstate a vehicle emissions waiver for the state of California that was rescinded under former US president Donald Trump. The waiver, made possible under the Clean Air Act, allows California and other states to impose stricter emissions regulations than [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld an award of $1,143,627.96 in fees and $27,484.15 in litigation expenses for the League of Women Voters of Missouri against Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft in a dispute over voter registration. The League of Women Voters sued under in 2018 under Section [...]

The Hong Kong High Court on Tuesday convicted Tong Ying-kit under the National Security Law (NSL) for inciting secessionism and terrorism. Tong was accused of driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers while carrying a flag bearing the protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” last July. The NSL was imposed [...]

A federal judge on Monday rejected an attempt to block enforcement of Nevada’s ban on so-called “ghost guns,” including the sale of guns without serial numbers and unfinished weapons for self-assembly. Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), a Second Amendment advocacy non-profit, along with several Nevada gun owners, sought a preliminary injunction to halt AB 286 from [...]

With the ever-increasing significance of intellectual property rights in the commercial world, the speedy and effective adjudication of intellectual property (IP) disputes is all the more desirable now. Previously, a three-tier dispute resolution system for IP matters was in place. The initial one being the registrar of the respective registry, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board [...]

A Defence Sub-Committee on Women in the Armed Forces report released Sunday details evidence of bullying, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape experienced by servicewomen in the British military. The report further found that the Ministry of Defense and the military are failing to protect female personnel and help them achieve their full potential. The report, [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that an immigration judge’s two-sentence decision denying asylum to an Ecuadorean man was insufficient. The case was brought by Jorge Luis Valarezo-Tirado for review of an Immigration Judge’s reinstatement of his prior order of removal. The Immigration Judge initially affirmed a Department of Homeland [...]