Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the rejection of a petition to put opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev on the ballot for the October presidential election. Tekebaev was convicted earlier this month for accepting bribes, which his party believes is a false conviction by the ruling party. He is currently serving eight years in prison. Although [...]
Forces fighting Islamic State (IS) insurgents to regain lost territory in Syria must not sacrifice lives of civilians still trapped in the areas, UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein stated Thursday. Zeid had also previously urged in May that civilians needed to be protected from airstrikes in Syria. According to Coalition report figures, from [...]
Two human rights experts with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a statement Wednesday detailing their concern over websites, including many news sites, that have been shutdown or blocked by the Egyptian government. According to the report, as many as 130 sites have been blocked, “including well-known sources of [...]
A Pakistan anti-terrorism court declared former president and army general Pervez Musharraf a fugitive from the law on Thursday concerning the assassination of former prime minister, and first female leader in the Muslim world, Benazir Bhutto . The court further ordered the seizure of Musharaf’s property in Pakistan and acquitted five members of the Pakistan [...]
A judge in Brazil issued a ruling Wednesday that temporarily blocks an executive order from President Michel Temer that would have opened large sections of the Amazon forest for mining. Temer’s order would have allowed mining of gold, copper, iron and other minerals and metals in the Renca area of the Amazon, which covers more [...]
Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly on Tuesday approved a decree rejecting the US economic sanctions and called for treason investigations into political actors for supporting the sanctions. The decree was passed unanimously on Friday. Venezuela has experienced a significant amount of political unrest since the opposition gained control of the National Assembly in December 2015. In [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s constant criticism of journalists constitutes an attack on the freedom of the press. “It’s really quite amazing when you think that freedom of the press, not only sort of a cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution but very much [...]
A US grand jury indicted 19 people , including 15 Turkish security officials, on Tuesday for attacking protesters during a visit to the White House by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in May. The protesters gathered outside of the Turkish ambassador’s home after he met with US President Donald Trump and were attacked by [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Attorney Benson Varghese of Varghese Summersett, discusses Texas’ new cyberbullying law … Back in the day, a schoolyard bully was a student’s worst nightmare. Now, it’s cyberbullies that teens fear the most. Not only can cyberbullies remain anonymous, but they can strike at all hours of the day and night. With just [...]
The Guatemalan Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended President Jimmy Morales’ order to deport the head of a UN anti-corruption commission from the country. The order came from the president two days after Ivan Velasquez, the Colombian prosecutor who leads Guatemala’s International Commission against Impunity , announced his pursuit to lift Morales’ immunity from prosecution in [...]
