The Cambodia Supreme Court dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) , the nation’s primary opposition party, on Thursday, effectively opening the door for Prime Minister Hun Sen to extend his 30-year reign as leader of the nation. The ruling follows the arrest of CNRP’s leader Kem Sokha following accusations that the party was plotting [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Wednesday ruled for the city of Philadelphia in a dispute over Attorney General Jeff Sessions withholding federal law enforcement grants in response to the city’s refusal to adhere to his heightened immigration security measures. In granting Philadelphia’s motion for preliminary injunction, [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused the Myanmar military of committing sexual crimes against Rohingya women and girls. HRW conducted interviews with 52 women and girls who fled from the Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships. Twenty-nine of them were identified as survivors of rape. Survivors reported experiences of gang rape, and murder of children and [...]

An Egypt court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence of 74-year-old Mohamed Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood , convicted in 2015 for his role in the 2013 attack on a Port Said police station that resulted in the death of five individuals. The court also upheld life sentences against seven other individuals, while handing [...]

US Senate Committee on Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch on Tuesday released changes to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act . The proposed tax structure still follows a seven tier tax bracket with tax rates of 10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35%, and 38.5% while altering the income bands to which those rates apply. These tax [...]

Attorneys general from 44 states on Tuesday signed a letter asking Congress to repeal the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act , which they claim prevents the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) from using effective drug enforcement efforts. The National Association of Attorneys General sent the letter to Republican and Democratic leaders in light [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called Wednesday for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to deal with those protesting the general election time change in accordance with international human rights laws and standards. The protests are in response to a publication of the electoral calendar that stated the general elections [...]

Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that provisions for special justice tribunals outlined in the 2016 peace accord between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were constitutional. The Final Agreement to End the Armed Conflict and Build a Stable and Lasting Peace is the second recent attempt to obtain peace between [...]

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified on Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee , denying claims that he had misled Congress during his previous testimonies regarding ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. In Sessions’ last visit to Capital Hill, he had stated that he did not believe anyone from the Trump campaign had [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Professor Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile of the University of Arkansas School of Law discusses answers to questions about Arkansas’ new right of publicity legislation … The right of publicity is the right to control the commercial use of one’s identity. Over the years, a growing number of celebrities, athletes and sports personalities have [...]