The Ugandan General Court Martial in Makindye denied bail for 36 members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) on Monday. The 36, along with another 13 NUP supporters who were previously released on bail, were arrested in December and January on charges for unlawful possession of ammunition during protests that preceded the January 14 election. [...]
The Supreme Council of the Sharia Judiciary issued a circular on Sunday containing four articles of travel restrictions on different categories of unmarried persons in the Gaza Strip. Many groups have expressed shock at the circular such as the Palestine Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) which termed it a “grave mistake that must be reversed.” [...]
El gobernador de Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, dijo el domingo que Estados Unidos está “moralmente obligado” a tomar medidas después del reciente referéndum del territorio a favor de lograr la condición de Estado estadounidense. A pesar de que los puertorriqueños han votado repetidamente sobre el tema de la estadidad en los últimos años, la votación [...]
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi on Monday proposed creating an independent, “9/11-type Commission” to investigate the January 6 attacks on the US Capitol building. Pelosi released the letter, titled “Dear Colleague: Security, Security, Security,” with recognition of President’s Day and the efforts of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to protect the [...]
Deposed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged by Myanmar police with failing to abide by COVID-19 restrictions under the country’s Natural Disaster Management Law, according to her lawyer Khin Maung Zaw on Tuesday. She now faces two formal charges, as she was charged with illegal possession of walk-talkies shortly after being [...]
The US Supreme Court on Saturday cleared the way for the extradition of an American father and son accused of helping smuggle former automotive giant Carlos Ghosn out of Japan. The decision concludes the pair’s nearly year-long legal effort to avoid facing criminal charges in Japan. On behalf of the court, Justice Stephen Breyer denied [...]
Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Pierluisi said Sunday that the US is “morally obligated” to take action following the territory’s recent referendum in favor of achieving US statehood. Although Puerto Ricans have voted repeatedly on the issue of statehood in recent years, the November vote finally garnered majority approval with high enough voter turnout. Congress has [...]
The 23rd High Criminal Court of Istanbul on Monday sentenced four former employees of the pro-Kurdish daily newspaper Özgür Gündem, shut down by a Turkish court order in 2016, to imprisonment on terrorism charges. Eren Keskin, a Turkish lawyer prominent in human rights spheres, received a six-year sentence for “membership of an armed terrorist organization.” [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – We present an interview recorded Monday with one of our Myanmar law student correspondents (“Gen Z”), discussing the current situation in Myanmar, the military coup, the protests, internet blackouts, and her hopes for a return to democracy. The interviewer is JURIST staff editor Khushali Mahajan, a law student at Rajiv Gandhi National [...]
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday upheld the conviction of Sasa Ćurčić, a former Bosnian Serb Army solider who served in the Dragan Nikolic Interventions Unit, for the rape of a woman in 1992 during the Bosnian War. The judgment in Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina v Sasa Ćurčić was released by [...]
