A Kenyan court on Monday approved charges against four police officers for the murder of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani. The bodies of Kimani, his client Josphat Mwenda, and their taxi driver Joseph Muiruri showed signs of torture when they were discovered earlier this month.The International Justice Mission (IJM) , Kimani’s employer, has stated that [...]
Amnesty International (AI) published a new report on Monday claiming that Iranian authorities have been denying adequate medical coverage to political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. AI claims that Iran is putting these prisoners at grave risk of death, permanent disability and other irreversible damage to their health because of their actions. The group alleges [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Mahmudul Hasan of University of Development Alternative discusses how international environmental law can be influenced by indigenous orders… In the realm of international environmental law, we have seen how various conceptions of international law; ideas about sovereignty and human rights come into play and add further dimensions and challenges to the existing [...]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Monday that he would approve reinstating the death penalty so long as the measure had sufficient support in the Grand National Assembly . The death penalty was abolished over a decade ago in Turkey, but Erdogan asserted that the Turkish people want the death penalty for those involved in [...]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday that he plans to propose a law providing for additional punishment for crimes against law enforcement officers. The proposed Police Protection Act (PPA) would extend hate crime protections to law enforcement officers, organize a “campaign to educate young Texans on the value law enforcement officers bring to their [...]
Baltimore City Police Lieutenant Brian Rice on Monday was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office in connection with Freddie Gray’s arrest and death on April 12, 2015. Rice was the highest-ranking of six Baltimore police officers charged in the incident, and was the fourth to go on trial. Circuit [...]
A group of international human rights experts, including UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. Méndez, on Monday called on states worldwide to adopt the Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners . Also known as the Nelson Mandela Rules, the standards “represent a universally accepted minimum standard for the treatment of prisoners, [...]
An advisory board to the African Union (AU) on Saturday accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of narrowly focusing its investigations on African government leaders since its inception in 2002. Last April, AU members ordered the Economic Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) to evaluate their ties to the ICC amidst growing concerns that ICC is [...]
A South Korean senior prosecutor was arrested Sunday on bribery charges following investigations into his corrupt relationship with major online game company Nexon . Prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon was accused of taking the equivalent of USD $370,000 from Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju in 2005 to buy the company’s unlisted Korean stock. Jin has allegedly garnered $370,000 [...]
The Bahrain High Civil Court on Sunday ordered al-Wefaq , the main Shiite opposition group in the country, to be dissolved. The Bahraini court previously issued a three-month suspension of the group . The court found that the group has engaged in “terrorism, extremism, and violence.” The ban was pending this verdict to determine whether [...]
