A spokesperson for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Lambert Mende, announced Wednesday that President Joseph Kabila signed parliament-approved legislation to keep elections on a timeline that will not violate the Constitution . Beginning in January, protests and demonstrations have taken place across the country to oppose the proposed changes in the law that [...]
Chinese authorities arrested twelve individuals Thursday for illegally storing dangerous materials that led to the Tianjin warehouse explosions, which killed at least 139 people. Those arrested include Yu Xuewei, chairman of Tianjin International Ruihai Logistics Co. Ltd., and Zeng Fanqiang, an employee with a safety firm. The Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has alleged [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday ordered Kimberly Davis, the Rowan County Clerk of Courts in Kentucky, to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis is currently appealing a preliminary injunction by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky that banned her from instituting her own marriage [...]
A federal court in Pakistan on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani following the presentation of a final charge sheet by the country’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) . The warrant issued for Gilani and fellow Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim concerns their alleged involvement in [...]
A Tennessee judge on Wednesday ruled that the state’s use of lethal injections for the execution of death row inmates is constitutional. The decision by Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman came in answer to a lawsuit brought by 33 death row inmates and their attorneys. According to Bonnyman, plaintiffs failed to prove that the state’s [...]
Serbia and Kosovo signed agreements Tuesday in several key areas, taking a major step towards reconciling ties since the 1990s war. The agreement areas include energy, telecoms, establishment of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities as well as the Freedom of Movement/Mitrovica Bridge. The Prime Ministers agreed on the arrangement for the bridge, something that [...]
A panel of United Nations (UN) experts told the Security Council Tuesday that there has been increased hostility and violence in South Sudan since the adoption of a resolution imposing sanctions on the country . According to the panel, “Scores of civilians have been killed, maimed, tortured, burned alive inside their homes, displaced, raped and [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Dimas Kuncoro Jati, of Gadjah Mada University, discusses the separatist movement in the West Papua and estimates its chances of exercising secession from Indonesia under the Kosovo scenario … West Papua separatists are allegedly trying to seek international community attention by arranging a new strategy to compose a strong and well-grounded claim [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled against New Jersey Tuesday, deciding 2-1 to uphold the federal ban on sports betting in all but four states. New Jersey has been trying to legalize sports betting at its casinos and racetracks since 2009, hoping it can help boost struggling casino visitor rates due [...]
A three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision and ruled in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, upholding a five-year long rule that limits how much investment managers can contribute to political campaigns. The case was originally brought by the New York [...]
