The Jordanian Cabinet on Sunday revoked Article 308 , a provision of Jordan’s penal code which opponents said would allow rapists to avoid a jail term in return for marrying their victim for at least three years. Although the statute was amended in 2016 to only apply to women and girls between the ages of [...]
The Supreme Court of Iran upheld the conviction and five-year prison sentence of a British-Iranian woman on Monday, but did not disclose the crime she is accused of committing. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at an airport last summer after visiting her Iranian parents and introducing them to their granddaughter, according to statements from her husband. [...]
Sicilian prosecutor Carmelo Zuccaro stated to reporters on Sunday that an investigation has revealed evidence of direct contacts between some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human traffickers in Libya. It is suspected that NGO migrant rescue ships have been colluding with Libya-based human smugglers. While some Italian politicians have criticized the work of these NGOs for [...]
US District Judge Alfred H. Bennett on Saturday said he was considering initiating an independent review of disabled voter access to polling locations in Houston. The judge’s consideration comes as part of a lawsuit filed against Harris County in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas , which alleged the county failed [...]
The United Nations (UN) and the World Bank announced a partnership on Saturday to build resilience for the most vulnerable of the world. This effort will focus on “reducing poverty, promoting shared prosperity, enhancing food security and sustaining peace in crisis-affected situations.” The partnership builds on collaboration between the two organizations over the last decade [...]
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday entered an order that stripped an Egyptian-born man of his naturalized US citizenship for lying during his naturalization process. The US government had claimed that Khaled Abu al-Dahab was a senior officer of the al-Qaeda network and operated an al-Qaeda communications hub from his [...]
The US on Saturday expressed its intention to honor a migrant resettlement plan negotiated between the US and Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, up to 1,250 migrants seeking asylum in Australia will be allowed to resettle in the US, in return for the Australian government’s pledge to resettle migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and [...]
Nigerian prosecutors in Kaduna on Wednesday charged 53 men for celebrating an LGBTQ wedding in violation of the state’s law against ‘unlawful assembly’ and the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act . The men were arrested last Saturday, and were released on bail after sentencing. The defendants claim they were at a birthday party, not a wedding, [...]
Roman Seleznev, the son of a member of the Russian Parliament, was sentenced on Friday for hacking into more than 500 US businesses, stealing then selling millions of credit card numbers. Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years, the longest-ever sentence for such a crime, and ordered to pay nearly $170 million in restitution. US District [...]
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe commuted a death row inmate’s sentence on Thursday stating the conviction was flawed. Ivan Teleguz was sentenced to death for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in 2001. McAuliffe stayed the execution of Telequz concerned that false evidence may have influenced the conviction. During the trial, the prosecution submitted evidence that Telequz [...]
