A Pakistan anti-terrorism court declared former president and army general Pervez Musharraf a fugitive from the law on Thursday concerning the assassination of former prime minister, and first female leader in the Muslim world, Benazir Bhutto . The court further ordered the seizure of Musharaf’s property in Pakistan and acquitted five members of the Pakistan [...]

A judge in Brazil issued a ruling Wednesday that temporarily blocks an executive order from President Michel Temer that would have opened large sections of the Amazon forest for mining. Temer’s order would have allowed mining of gold, copper, iron and other minerals and metals in the Renca area of the Amazon, which covers more [...]

Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly on Tuesday approved a decree rejecting the US economic sanctions and called for treason investigations into political actors for supporting the sanctions. The decree was passed unanimously on Friday. Venezuela has experienced a significant amount of political unrest since the opposition gained control of the National Assembly in December 2015. In [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s constant criticism of journalists constitutes an attack on the freedom of the press. “It’s really quite amazing when you think that freedom of the press, not only sort of a cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution but very much [...]

A US grand jury indicted 19 people , including 15 Turkish security officials, on Tuesday for attacking protesters during a visit to the White House by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in May. The protesters gathered outside of the Turkish ambassador’s home after he met with US President Donald Trump and were attacked by [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Attorney Benson Varghese of Varghese Summersett, discusses Texas’ new cyberbullying law … Back in the day, a schoolyard bully was a student’s worst nightmare. Now, it’s cyberbullies that teens fear the most. Not only can cyberbullies remain anonymous, but they can strike at all hours of the day and night. With just [...]

The Guatemalan Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended President Jimmy Morales’ order to deport the head of a UN anti-corruption commission from the country. The order came from the president two days after Ivan Velasquez, the Colombian prosecutor who leads Guatemala’s International Commission against Impunity , announced his pursuit to lift Morales’ immunity from prosecution in [...]

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Tuesday released a statement declaring that a panel will be established to determine how to implement President Donald Trump’s “Military and Service by Transgender Individuals” Presidential Memorandum and that all currently serving members of the military will remain serving under the current policy until the panel has provided [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report on Wednesday highlighting the human rights violations abuses that have been committed in Venezuela amid this year’s anti-government protests. Since the beginning of April, the Attorney General has reportedly initiated at least 1,958 investigations into reported injuries occurring during protests, with [...]

Uber confirmed on Tuesday that they are currently under investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for bribing foreign officials. The DOJ is seeking to determine whether Uber operated in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act over the course of the company’s rapid expansion into foreign countries. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits [...]