Iranian authorities committed widespread human rights violations during the 2019 protests, according to a report published Wednesday by Amnesty International. The protests followed a hike in fuel prices. In response to protests, the government reportedly caused hundreds of deaths with deliberate use of lethal force, in addition to 7,000 arrests. The report found widespread human [...]

A US federal appeals court on Thursday upheld an Illinois COVID-19 lockdown order restricting gatherings to no more than 50 people, rejecting a legal challenge by the Republican Party. In response to the pandemic, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker had issued an executive order outlining public health requirements for the citizens of Illinois to follow. But [...]

US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, along with other Republican committees, filed suit Wednesday against Montana Governor Steve Bullock over his universal vote-by-mail directive. There have been endless battles between Republicans and Democrats in the use and validity of mail-in voting for the November election in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many Republicans believe that Democrats [...]

A Saudi court sentenced seven militants to death Wednesday over a 2014 shooting attack near Al-Ahsa that killed eight Shiite Muslims. Three suspected Daesh members opened fire on Shiites who were celebrating Ashura, the Muslim holy day observed on the tenth day of Muharram, killing eight people. According to the reports by Al Ekhbariya channel, seven defendants [...]

Besides the fact that the legal system is an abstract entity incapable of possessing such anthropomorphic qualities, it has demonstrated a particularly bad track record for integrity. Some individual lawyers possess integrity; the law itself is a tool to be used for good or ill. But historically speaking, the mechanics of the American legal system [...]

The Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information technology banned 118 mobile apps Wednesday in an effort to put pressure on Chinese technology companies. The ministry said in a press release it had received multiple complaints that the banned apps had stolen users’ information and transmitted it to servers outside of India. The ban comes as [...]

The Rwanda Investigation Bureau has arrested Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” on offenses related to terrorism, arson, kidnap and murder. The crimes were allegedly perpetrated against unarmed Rwandans in Nyabimata, Nyaruguru District, in June 2018, and in Nyungwe, Nyamagabe District, in December 2018. The Rwanda Investigation Bureau made statements on Twitter [...]

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged Belarus Tuesday to end the torture of protestors and enforced disappearances after they received more than 450 documented reports of torture and mistreatment of persons in custody since the August 9 election. The OHCHR)also reminded officials: “ circumstances whatsoever, whether internal political instability or [...]

Canada and the Netherlands announced Wednesday that they will jointly aid with legal issues in the ongoing genocide case brought by The Gambia against Myanmar in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In November 2019, The Gambia filed a case against Myanmar at the ICJ, alleging that Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya ethnic group [...]

Eleven defendants accused of aiding the militant Islamist attackers who killed twelve people in and around French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s Paris office in 2015 testified in a French court Wednesday. Three other defendants in the trial – Hayat Boumedienne, Mohammed Belhoucine, and Mehdi Belhoucine – are being tried in absentia after having fled the [...]