A Saudi Arabian criminal court in Riyadh on Saturday sentenced two Saudi Arabian human rights activists on to at least 10 years in prison. The activists were found guilty earlier that day of sedition, providing foreign media with inaccurate information, founding and operating an unlicensed human rights organization and other criminal offenses. Mohammed Al-Qahtani and [...]

Almost two years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster Japanese officials report that 44 countries still ban or limit food imports from Japan, as thousands of the nation’s citizens gathered on Saturday in ongoing anti-nuclear demonstrations around the country. China and South Korea, both major purchasers, are among the economies that still set limits on [...]

A Cairo court on Saturday affirmed the death sentences of 21 individuals convicted of inciting a deadly riot after a soccer match in Port Said last February. In addition to confirming that the convicted individuals are to be hanged for their involvement in the riot, the court handed down verdicts for the remaining 52 defendants [...]

Kenya’s election commission on Saturday declared Uhuru Kenyatta , son of Kenya’s first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the winner of the nation’s 2013 presidential election. Shortly after the official announcement Kenyatta’s top election opponent Prime Minister Raila Odinga announced that he would refuse to concede, stating that the election was rife with voting irregularities. The [...]

The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled on Wednesday that certain offensive statements regarding another individual’s sexual orientation are not protected under the nation’s freedom of expression laws. In a 3-2 decision the Mexican high court held that two derogatory words used in Mexico to describe gay people are hate speech, and are therefore not legally [...]

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JURIST Guest Columnist Theodore J. St. Antoine of the University of Michigan Law School says that although Michigan’s right-to-work laws raise several constitutional issues and were adopted under unusual circumstances, the courts will likely uphold the core provisions prohibiting the union shop….

The US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-7 on Thursday to approve gun-related legislation, establishing potential floor votes on the issue of gun violence for the first time in nearly a decade. The bill , aimed at stopping illegal firearm trafficking, would make straw purchasing weapons—buying a weapon for someone who is barred from owning one—a [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday postponed commencement of the trial of Kenyan vice-presidential contender William Ruto to ensure trial preparedness. In mid-February, defense counsel for Ruto asserted that the prosecution had failed to disclose a “significant volume” of materials relating to witness testimony despite having the “bulk” of the material in their possession [...]

Independent experts within the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday urged governments around the world to take decisive steps to ensure and protect women’s rights, and to “turn decades of empty promises into concrete changes.” In a statement recognizing International Women’s Day, experts praised the progress women and governments have [...]