U.S. District Judge J. Clay Fuller on Thursday ruled that the state of Georgia does not have to reveal information about its one-drug execution method. In a suit brought by two death row inmates challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi’s execution method, the challengers sought to establish that there is a known and available alternative to [...]
UN civil rights expert Alfred de Zayas on Friday called on incoming secretary-general Antonio Guterres to host an international conference on phasing out offshore havens to force billionaires and “kleptocrats” to pay their share of taxes. De Zayas reported that as much as USD $32 trillion is held in offshore accounts, which costs nations up [...]
A Mexican judge on Thursday rejected five appeals intended to prevent the extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán to the US for criminal charges. A previous judge had suspended Guzmán’s extradition in May, but the extradition was later approved by the foreign ministry. The current judge ruled against two of Guzmán’s injunctions, and the remaining [...]
South Africa announced on Friday that the country will officially withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The government originally expressed such intentions last year when South Africa refused to act on the ICC’s arrest warrant for visiting Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir . Justice Minister Michael Masutha has stated that the country’s ICC [...]
The Federal Police of Brazil on Wednesday arrested former House speaker Eduardo Cunha for his alleged participation in an embezzlement scheme. Cunha, who is most known for leading the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff , was held indefinitely over fears that he could not only obstruct the ongoing investigation but also flee the country [...]
UN High Commissioner for of Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein on Friday expressed outrage over the human rights crisis in Syria, stating that, “he violations and abuses suffered by people across the country, including the siege and bombardment of eastern Aleppo, are not simply tragedies; they also constitute crimes of historic proportions.” Zeid listed many [...]
Judge Daniel P. Jordan III of the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Northern Division) on Thursday permanently enjoined the state of Mississippi from “enforcing, threatening to enforce, or otherwise applying the provisions of Mississippi Code section 43-13-117.4,” which disqualifies “any health-care provider that offers, or is affiliated with entities that offer, [...]
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a conspiracy conviction of the former personal assistant to Osama bin Laden. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that a military tribunal had jurisdiction to convict Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul. Bahlul was tried and convicted by a military commission created [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied an emergency motion on Wednesday from multiple counties in North Carolina to extend the hours of early voting. The motion sought to extend the hours and days of early voting after the region experienced Hurricane Matthew and judicial changes. The motion filed in October sought [...]
A federal judge on Thursday ordered voter registration in Virginia to be reopened through midnight Friday, October 21. US District Judge Claude Hilton for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia made this ruling after Virginia’s registration website had technical difficulties earlier in the week. Hilton stated this made “amends” for the [...]
