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Kenyan court declares lawyer Miguna's deportation illegal
The Nairobi High Court on Thursday revoked lawyer Miguna Miguna's deportation, declaring it illegal [Citizens TV, report] because it was issued in contempt of court. Miguna was deported to Canada earlier this month after he “swore in” (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 10 February 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Ireland formally ruled in a unanimous decision on Friday that the complete employment ban on asylum seekers was unconstitutional. UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid (More) |
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Kenya lawyer deported after protesting re-election of Kenyatta
A Kenyan lawyer was reportedly deported [Daily Nation report] on Tuesday after being charged with treason for attending the symbolic presidential inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga. The lawyer, Miguna Miguna, was to appear in court under (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 9 September 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The US Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved $51.35 billion in funding on Thursday for state and foreign appropriations , including $10 million to help fund the UN agency that (More) |
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Kenya opposition candidate threatens to boycott re-vote
Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga , whose campaign against the incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta was declared unsuccessful after a countrywide election last month by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Committee (IEBC) , has issued a (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 September 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Kenya's Supreme Court ruled 4-2 Friday to invalidate the recent presidential election. UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee on Thursday expressed grave concern for Rohingya Muslims in Myanma (More) |
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Kenya Supreme Court invalidates recent presidential election results
Kenya's Supreme Court ruled 4-2 Friday to invalidate the recent presidential election. President Uhuru Kenyatta was reelected after winning 54 percent of the votes in the recent election, which was held on August 8. The petition , filed on August 1 (More) |
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Kenya electoral commission fails to offer opposition server access
Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission allegedly failed to follow a Supreme Court order on Tuesday requiring the electoral commission to grant the opposition computer access to verify controversial election results. According to Ra (More) |
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Kenya top court orders election commission to give opposition access to vote count
Kenya Supreme Court ordered the election commission on Monday to allow Raila Odinga's National Super Alliance (NASA) and Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party limited access to its computer servers and electronic devices to assess the vote-count for themsel (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Kenya leaders to avoid post-election violence
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on Kenyan leaders Tuesday to "take the responsible path and exercise their leadership to avoid violence" in the wake of last week's contentious election. Deadly protests erupted ove (More) |
President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards
On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.
