Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Wednesday that approximately 32,000 people have been arrested in relation to the recent coup attempt, and 70,000 have been questioned. Bozdag indicated the country will have to build more courts in order to try those accused in the coup attempt. Construction has already begun on a new courthouse near [...]
Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously rejected an appeal by former prime minister Ehud Olmert attempting to shorten his sentence for accepting bribes. The court, taking into account both the severity of the sentence and the conviction, upheld Olmert’s sentence but also rejected an appeal from the prosecution appealing Olmert’s acquittal in another matter as [...]
JURIST Guest Columnists Greg Barns of RMIT University Graduate School of Business and Law and Anna Talbot of Australian Lawyers Alliance discuss the need for improved policies regarding refugees in Australia… On Tuesday Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, stood in front of world leaders and claimed his government’s refugee policy was the best in the [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday released a report detailing the prevalence of torture employed by Thai authorities and claiming the military government has led to a “culture of torture” . “Make Him Speak by Tomorrow,” named after an apparently common order given to soldiers, is the product of a two-year investigation and details 74 cases [...]
The US National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) said Wednesday that the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) will pay $1.1 billion after it allegedly solid toxic mortgaged-backed securities. The RBS is currently preparing to settle a number of other US cases dealing with mis-selling similar bonds. This comes after the 2008 financial crisis , in [...]
A Norwegian court of appeals on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit against the country’s government from Edward Snowden . Snowden received a free-speech award from Norsk PEN, the country’s branch of PEN International . Snowden, having asylum in neighboring Russia, desired to travel to Oslo to accept the award, but filed suit against the nation’s government [...]
Four UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on Pakistan to halt the execution of Imdad Ali, a mentally disabled man that was convicted of murder in 2001. The experts called Imdad Ali’s execution “unlawful and tantamount to an arbitrary execution, as well as a form of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment,” and called for [...]
The Obama administration announced Monday that is agreed to pay over $492 million to 17 Native American tribes. The lawsuits accused the government of mismanaging natural resources and other tribal assets. According to the Obama administration, more than100 lawsuits were filed totaling more than $3.3 billion in damages against the federal government. The US government [...]
Switzerland’s lower house of Parliament on Tuesday narrowly approved a bill that would amend the nation’s federal constitution to include a ban on “concealing ones face” in public under most circumstances. Proposed by the Swiss People’s Party, the bill passed the National Council by an 88-87 vote, with 10 abstentions. Proponents of the bill argue [...]
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kate Gilmore addressed the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council on Tuesday speaking on the deteriorating human rights situation in Libya and calling for accountability and reform. She described the ability of armed groups to terrorize the nation by kidnapping, torturing and killing civilians based on political [...]
