Amnesty International (AI) accused Cameroon of torturing suspected supporters of Boko Haram in a report released Thursday. According to the human rights organization, hundreds of suspects were “subjected to severe beatings, agonizing stress positions and drownings, with some tortured to death” at the hands of government authorities. AI documented 101 cases of secret detention and [...]

Thailand’s Supreme Court sentenced opposition leader Jatuporn Prompan to one year in prison for defaming Thailand’s current prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva . Jatuporn, a leader of the “red shirt” opposition party, which supports two of Thailand’s formerly ousted prime ministers, was convicted for calling Abhisit a “murderer” during a rally. Abhisit said that Jatuporn’s statement [...]

The Polish Parliament approved a bill on Thursday that will implement sweeping reforms to the country’s judicial system. Most notably, the bill will allow members of parliament to appoint Supreme Court judges, a move that the EU, many Polish lawyers, and citizens of Poland strongly opposed. The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party pushed the [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) together with the FBI have seized and shut down AlphaBay, a criminal marketplace on the “dark web” on Thursday. The site, which has reportedly been operating on the dark web for the last two years, was used to sell numerous illicit products including illegal narcotics, computer hacking tools, malware, [...]

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday reversed the Trial Chamber’s “Decision on Laurent Gbagbo Detention,” thereby ordering continued detention until the Trial Chamber carries out a new review of his release. As the former Ivory Coast president, Gbagbo has been detained since 2011 and currently faces charges for crimes against [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it is reviving a provision of the federal civil asset forfeiture program, which was suspended in September 2015. The DOJ is reviving a portion of this program in response to President Donald Trump’s order to reduce crime because asset forfeiture diminishes organized crime. Attorney General [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Dhruv Sharma of National Law University, Delhi discusses the tense relationship between India and Pakistan magnified due to recent events … On May 8 2017, the President of the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”), exercising his powers under Rule of the Court 74(4), forwarded a request to the government of Pakistan to [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed in part a ruling by the US District Court for the District of Hawaii concerning the scope of the Trump administration’s travel ban. The state of Hawaii filed a brief on Tuesday in response to the government’s request that the US Supreme Court clarify who can enter the [...]

UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed concerns that the Libyan National Army (LNA) has committed and will continue to commit summary executions of men that have been taken prisoner. Through a spokesperson, Hussein stated that the alarm over the worsening human rights conditions in the nation was heightened after [...]

California Governor Jerry Brown has been credited with pushing through legislation Monday to extend the state’s cap and trade program another 10 years. Bills AB 398 and AB 617 were passed by the California legislature with the support of more than 150 community leaders and groups, including those of environmental and public health. The program [...]