On July 29th, 2020, the Parliament of Turkey passed a controversial bill to regulate content posted on social media platforms, which will come into effect on October 1st, 2020. The bill is expected to have a chilling effect on the freedom of speech and expression within the country. Several human rights groups are viewing it [...]
The recent controversy ignited by the exploratory drills conducted off the coast of Cyprus is just the latest addition to the chain of conflicts between Greece and Turkey. The apparent reason for the spark seems to be the new-found energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which has attracted competition in the region. However, there [...]
Amjad Ali Khan, a member of Pakistan’s ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, introduced legislation on Tuesday to make it a crime for a person to intentionally ridicule, bring into disrepute or defame the Armed Forces or a member of the Armed Forces. The punishment is imprisonment of up to two years or a fine that may [...]
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent a request to the Senate Tuesday for approval to place a national referendum on the ballot that would authorize investigation and prosecution of five former presidents of Mexico for crimes allegedly committed in office. A national consultation to approve an investigation of former presidents would be unprecedented. In [...]
In an opinion issued Wednesday, a judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York blasted federal prosecutors for withholding potentially exculpatory evidence in a case involving an alleged violation of US sanction laws against Iran. The case centered around Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, an Iranian businessman who was accused of [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Department of the Treasury announced Wednesday that they had imposed criminal charges and financial sanctions on two Russian nationals for their involvement in a phishing campaign. The two men were accused of stealing almost $17 million worth of cryptocurrency in a series of phishing attacks in [...]
Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd executive Greg Kelly pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he helped his former boss Carlos Ghosn hide tens of millions of dollars in income. Kelly’s trial began in Tokyo without Ghosn, who fled from Japan in December after being arrested by Japanese authorities in November 2018. Prosecutors in the [...]
A US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee report determined Wednesday that both Boeing and the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) were at fault in certifying and developing Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane, which killed 346 people. In March 2017 the FAA granted a certificate to Boeing for the 737 MAX airplane. Eighteen months later, in October 2018, [...]
A federal on Wednesday upheld Vermont Secretary of State James Condos’ directive permitting Vermont residents to utilize mail-in-voting for the November Election. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many states have altered the way in which citizens can vote. Vermont’s legislature, in accordance with Acts 91 and 135, authorized the Secretary of State to require [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday upheld the Trump administration’s ability to proceed with implementing three executive orders issued by President Donald Trump on the federal government’s labor and employee relations program. Trump signed Executive Orders 13836, 13837, and 13839 in 2018, which related to federal labor-management relations. They dealt [...]
