“Somalia is a land that has descended so deeply into misery that “failed state” is too generous a description for the country.” –TIME Magazine In August 2020, three Iranian hostages who had been held for five years were freed by Somalian pirates, as contradictory news emerged that another ship had been intercepted after a three-year [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that the Manhattan District Attorney (DA) can obtain President Donald Trump’s tax records. However, this probably will not occur immediately, as the court stayed the enforcement of the subpoena due to an agreement between the Manhattan DA and Trump’s legal team. It is anticipated [...]
The US Justice Department (DOJ) asked the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The DOJ argues that the Supreme Court should reinstate the penalty to give deference to the trial court’s decision, prevent new jurors from enduring a longer jury selection process, and protect victims [...]
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution Tuesday extending the investigation into human rights abuses in Venezuela. The resolution expresses concern about the ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by the “erosion of the rule of law” and the lack of an independent judicial system, which has created and contributed to [...]
The Belgium federal prosecutor’s office on Tuesday announced the arrest of three Rwandan individuals who were charged with serious international law violations linked to the 1994 Rwanda genocide. The 1994 genocide resulted in the death of an estimated 800,000 Tutsi, Twa and moderate Hutu people in Rwanda between April 7 and July 15, 1994. In [...]
The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that “general and indiscriminate transmission or retention of traffic data and location data” is banned. The court was ruling on proceedings brought before bodies in the UK, France and Belgium dealing with these privacy and data surveillance issues. The court found that the directive on privacy and electronic communications precludes [...]
The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan reported on Tuesday that the South Sudan government has taken no concrete steps toward national healing since the civil war ended in 2018, finding instead that government forces are fueling the conflict. The report reveals that government forces have used deliberate starvation as a war tactic to [...]
Russian rights groups Open Russia, Memorial and Public Verdict Foundation called on authorities Tuesday to stop using home searches to intimidate opponents. This call came after journalist Irina Slavina died from setting herself on fire in front of the interior ministry office Friday following a police raid of her apartment. On October 1, Slavina reported [...]
Central Election Commission officials in Kyrgyzstan annulled the results of the October 4 parliamentary election Tuesday, following protests and opposition supporters seizing government buildings. In the now-annulled election results announced on Monday, Birimdik (Unity), a pro-government party, won 24.5 percent of the votes, Mekenim (My Homeland) Kyrgyzstan won 23.88 percent, and Kyrgyzstan Party won 8.76 percent. [...]
US Supreme Court heard rescheduled oral arguments by phone on Tuesday for the second day of the 2020 term. The first case before the court, Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, looked at a 2015 Arkansas law, Act 900. The Act regulates Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs), the intermediaries between health insurance plans and pharmacies, to [...]
