A UK judge on Monday sentenced former News of the World features editor Jules Stenson to a four month suspended prison sentence for his role in hacking the phones of celebrities and government officials. Stenson pleaded guilty to charges of violating the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act last December. The judge said Stenson received a [...]

Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua said Monday that the country would not participate in Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) hearings over a territory dispute with the Philippines. At issue are a number of islands and shoals in the South China Sea, that the Philippines says China has annexed illegally under the UN Convention on the Law [...]

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called for India’s prime minister Narendra Modi to open an investigation into the deaths of a number of people connected to an employment exam corruption scandal. The so-called “Vyapam Scam” alleges corruption by members of the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) stating that board members received bribes [...]

JURIST Guests Netsanet Belay and Solomon Sacco of Amnesty International discuss two recent cases in which states have used diplomatic immunity as a pretext for not executing arrest warrants for visiting public officials who are wanted for crimes under international law, thereby upholding impunity for serious crimes…. Two cases in the last couple of weeks [...]

A Singapore court on Monday released sixteen-year-old video blogger Amos Yee , who had been jailed after posting images and video insulting the country’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew . The court released Yee after sentencing him to four weeks in prison, time he had already served awaiting the sentence. Yee was found guilty [...]

After approximately two thirds of the votes have been counted in Sunday’s Greek vote on the proposed bailout deal, results appear to show that the country has voted against the deal . Results posted by the Greek Ministry of Interior show that about 61 percent of the ballots counted voted “No,” and about 39 percent [...]

Serbia on Saturday reportedly asked Russia to veto a British UN Security Council resolution that would call the incident during the Bosnian War in which 8000 Muslim men were murdered genocide. Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin pleading that the country vote “no” on the resolution next week. Many [...]

Egyptian officials on Sunday stated that Egypt may pursue legal action against journalists who report information on terrorist attacks that contradicts official government statements. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to approve a draft law already passed by the cabinet which would punish such reporting with a minimum 2-year prison sentence. It could also [...]

Two major opposition parties in Malaysia on Sunday called for an emergency sitting of parliament in order to discuss the future of the country’s prime minister. A police report has also been lodged against Prime Minister Najib Razak by many opposition members, including representatives of political parties. The prime minister may face criminal charges stemming [...]

JURIST Guest Columnists Brian Hodges and Christopher Kieser discuss the recent ruling by the Supreme Court in Horne v. Department of Agriculture… On June 22 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of Fresno-area raisin farmers Marvin and Laura Horne, concluding that a program requiring raisin growers to surrender up to [...]