The Moscow court sentenced on Tuesday a father of five to three years of imprisonment on the charges of financing a terrorist organization. Dmitry Marsov was arrested in April this year for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation once a month from August to December 2021, totaling 1500 rubles (approximately $20). The Anti-Corruption Foundation, an organization [...]

Edited by: Alanah Vargas | JURIST Staff, US Earlier this month, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz proposed relocating Gaza’s population to designated camps in the southern part of the Strip—an initiative that has drawn international criticism and raised legal concerns over potential violations of international law. Leaked documents and government briefings appear to outline a [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot utilize a proclamation to keep 80 refugees out of the United States. The lead plaintiff, known as “Plaintiff Pacito,” and his family had already been approved for resettlement under the United States Refugee [...]

On July 9, Russia launched 741 aerial weapons against Ukraine using 728 Shahed-type drones and decoys, seven Iskander cruise missiles, and six aeroballistic Kinzhal missiles. Each of these 741 weapons carries enough destructive power to level an average building. According to an Axios report, Russian President Vladimir Putin informed US President Donald Trump during a [...]

A court clerk in Ulster County, New York, refused to docket an order for summary judgment against local resident Dr. Margaret Carpter on Monday. The order imposed a $100,000 sanction against Carpenter, a New York physician, for providing the abortion medication mifepristone to a resident of Collin County, Texas. The refusal by acting Ulster County clerk [...]

The German Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday dismissed a constitutional complaint brought by two Yemeni citizens regarding the United States’ use of a German air base to deploy drones. The Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany’s highest court, delivered the judgment in the decade-long case. Before the court, plaintiffs had challenged the decisions [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Senegalese authorities to immediately release news commentator Badara Gadiaga, cease the arrest of journalists, and end retaliation against media outlets critical of the government. CPJ’s Francophone Africa representative, Moussa Ngom, described the prosecution as part of “a dangerous conflation between the press and the political opposition.” He [...]

Nearly half of US states joined in a complaint against President Donald Trump’s administration and the Education Department on Monday over the $6 billion funding freeze for K-12 schools and adult education. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants, including Education Department (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon, “have irreparably harmed and will irreparably harm” them and “their schools, and [...]

Moscow’s Military Court sentenced a Russian writer to 14 years of imprisonment in absentia on Monday for failing to follow “foreign agent” regulations, facilitating terroristic activity, and justifying terrorism. Writer Boris Akunin, whose real name is Grigori Chkhartishvili, was also fined 400,000 rubles (approximately $5,000), prohibited from managing webpages for four years following the end [...]

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) issued a statement Tuesday that strongly condemned the violence and vote-buying that marred the parliamentary re-run elections held in Ghana’s Ablekuma North constituency. The group criticized what they described as “acts of political thuggery, intimidation, and inducement of voters,” calling these developments a threat to Ghana’s democratic integrity. [...]