A judge for US District Court for the Northern District of Iowa on Thursday sentenced a man who lied about his participation in the Rwandan genocide to 15 years imprisonment followed by deportation. Gervais Ngombwa was convicted on charges of immigration fraud, with the prosecution asserting that Ngombwa was a participant in the genocide and [...]
The Egypt Court of Cassation on Thursday acquitted former president Hosni Mubarak in a retrial of charges that he killed protesters during the civil uprising in 2011 that ended his 30-year reign. Mubarak was initially convicted on these charges and sentenced to life in prison in 2012. But Mubarak strenuously maintained his innocence over the [...]
The House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines voted Wednesday to advance a proposal to reinstate the death penalty for “drug-related heinous crimes.” The legislation would impose the death penalty for several enumerated offenses, among which are the importation, distribution and possession of narcotics. The law would also be relevant to those who [...]
Federal prosecutors arrested seven Baltimore police officers on Wednesday on racketeering charges. The police officers are suspected of conducting illegal stops, stealing money and narcotics from individuals, swearing false affidavits, submitting false incident reports and participating in overtime fraud. The action may have been in response to a complaint filed in January against the police [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein reaffirmed the UN’s long-standing position against the death penalty Wednesday and urged member states to end its use. In his opening statement at the biennial high-level panel discussion on the death penalty, Zeid condemned the practice by pointing to its infringement on human dignity. He [...]
The EU Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday directing the EU Commission to take measures to temporarily reintroduce visa requirements for US and other nationals whose countries still do not grant visa-free access to nationals of five EU countries—Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania. The parliament wants the Commission to set a one-year suspension for [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused police in the Philippines of falsifying evidence to justify killings in the country’s war on drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte has conducted a large scale war on drugs in the Philippines, including sanctioned killings of anyone who sells or uses drugs in the nation, according to the rights group. [...]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils , a case that required the court to decide whether an insurer, guaranteed a right of subrogation through a Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (FEHBA) policy, actually has such a right when it is in contravention of the [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado ruled Monday that there was a sufficient basis for a class action lawsuit, brought on behalf of former and current inmates against one of the nation’s largest private prison companies, thereby certifying class status. GEO Group , the private prison management company that [...]
The UK House of Lords voted on Wednesday to amend HL 108 , also known as the Brexit bill to protect residence rights for EU citizens. With a vote of 358 to 256, the Lords voted to allow EU citizens who are residents of the UK to remain as residents after Art. 50 is triggered [...]
