Egyptian authorities arrested Friday Gasser Abdel Razek, the Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). EIPR is a Human rights organization whose goal is to “strengthen and protect basic rights and freedoms in Egypt, through research, advocacy and supporting litigation in the fields of civil liberties, economic and social rights, and criminal justice.” EIPR [...]
The US Supreme Court vacated a stay of execution for Orlando Hall Thursday evening, resulting in Hall’s execution at 11:47 pm Thursday. Justices Kagan, Breyer, and Sotomayor dissented from the decision. Hall is the eighth federal death row inmate to be executed since President Donald Trump resumed federal executions this summer after a 17-year hiatus. [...]
The Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Poland Wednesday deprived a Warsaw District Court judge known to be critical of controversial judicial reforms implemented by the ruling rightwing Law and Justice Party (PiS) of his institutional immunity from prosecution. Judge Igor Tuleya was formerly charged with failing to comply with his judicial duties after [...]
Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulani, was released on bail from detention Friday after being charged with violating the government’s COVID-19 rules by holding political rallies. Wine’s arrest Wednesday sparked a series of violent protests that claimed the lives of 37 people. Following the news of Wine’s arrest on Wednesday, [...]
Sixty protesters filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing the Chicago Police Department of violating their First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by using “brutal, violent and unconstitutional tactics” to curb the social justice protests that took place this summer. The plaintiffs, who all took part in various Black lives Matter (BLM) rallies and protests in [...]
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha Thursday threatened to use “all possible laws” against democracy protestors calling for the removal of King Maha Vajiralongkorn. “The government will intensify its actions and use all laws, all articles, to take action against protesters who broke the law,” Prayuth said in a statement. “The situation is not improving. There [...]
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign withdrew their federal lawsuit in Michigan on Thursday, claiming they had already accomplished their goal of preventing vote certification in favor of President-elect Joe Biden. But that was not actually the case. The Michigan election lawsuit argued the vote should not be certified based on claims by Republican poll watchers [...]
A New South Wales Law Reform Commission report published Wednesday has recommended that voluntary affirmative consent to sexual activity be required under the Australian state’s law of consent in relation to sexual offences. The report proposes that a new subdivision be added to Part 3, Division 10 of the Crimes Act dealing with sexual offences [...]
Kyrgyz lawmakers unveiled a new constitution on Tuesday, drawing criticism over the expansion of presidential powers. Shortly after a draft of the document was released, politicians and activists expressed concerns that it would lead to full-blown authoritarianism. Among the many changes, it reduces the size and power of parliament. Any responsibilities taken from parliament were [...]
The top administrative court in France, the Council of State, gave the French government three months Thursday to show progress towards meeting its climate change commitments under the Paris climate accord. Under the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), France and [...]
