A Pakistani court on Friday rejected a request by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to lift his travel ban and allow him to go abroad for medical treatment. Instead the court issued an arrest warrant for the former leader, although the warrant is “bailable,” meaning that Musharraf can avoid jail by paying a bail sum [...]
The Maine Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a school violated Maine’s Human Rights Act when it refused to allow a transgender fifth-grader, Nicole Maines, to use the girls’ bathroom. Maines had been using the girls’ bathroom throughout elementary school until the family of another student complained amid acts of bullying. At this point, the [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Connecticut on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of the state’s new gun control law , while still acknowledging the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. The new law, enacted in response to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, expanded a previous [...]
The High Court of Kenya on Friday refused to stop the arrest of journalist Walter Barasa, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly disrupting the prosecution in the crimes against humanity case of Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto . The ICC issued an arrest warrant in October upon suspicion that Barasa [...]
The UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday called for an investigation into torture allegations against Ukraine following widespread arrests of protesters, which have since been offered amnesty. Dmytro Bulatov, a leader of the opposition groups, was released after being detained for more than a week showing visible signs of mistreatment, [...]
The European Court of Justice on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit contesting an EU regulation that bans some short selling practices to increase financial market stability. The regulations were enacted to increase the transparency of short positions held by investors in certain EU securities, reduce settlement risks, ensure member states can intervene to reduce risks arising [...]
UN rights experts on Thursday welcomed the January 21 decision of the Supreme Court of India commuting the death sentences of 13 individuals following a finding that their petitions for mercy were unreasonably delayed. The court also commuted the death sentences of two other individuals on the ground of mental illness. In addition, the court [...]
Representatives from the Abolitionist Law Center joined JURIST podcast moderator Ian Everhart to discuss their efforts at reform in the Pennsylvania criminal justice and prison system in this episode. ALC Executive Director Bret Grote and ALC staff attorney Dustin McDaniel shared information about their organization, the mission of which is to abolish “class and race [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday released a report detailing abuses against gay and bisexual men at the hands of police in Kyrgyzstan . The report, entitled, “They Told Us We Deserved This: Police Violence against Gay and Bisexual Men in Kyrgyzstan,” found that gay and bisexual men have been subjected to abuses including physical, [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday that Syrian authorities deliberately demolished residential neighborhoods with explosives and bulldozers in Damascus and Hama over the last year. The report found that the demolitions are related to the violent conflict in Syria between the government and opposition forces. HRW officials found the correlation between the armed conflict and [...]
