A group of leading computer scientists at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT on Monday published a paper criticizing the US and UK governments for seeking the redesign of internet systems to allow governments to access information even if encrypted. The researchers claim that the governments’ requirement of exceptional access to communications [...]
The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday approved Senate Bill 897 , which would remove the Confederate flag from the State House and the Capitol Complex, by a vote of 37 to 3 . It was then introduced in the South Carolina House for approval. The amendment states that the only flags allowed on state grounds [...]
Prosecutors have asked for three and a half years imprisonment for Oskar Gröening, who is charged with 300,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder in Auschwitz before the Lüneberg District Court . Gröening, 94-year-old former S.S. sergeant and Auschwitz guard, has been dubbed the “Accountant of Auschwitz” for his duties of guarding, collecting [...]
The nuclear negotiations between six world powers and Iran will continue beyond Tuesday’s deadline until Friday, July 10. This is not an official extension of deadline , according to High Representative for the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini , though the deadline was previously extended from June 30 to July 7. [...]
An unnamed Australian man has allegedly bribed New South Wales judges with approximately $2.2 million in order to obtain less severe jail sentences, according to confidential police documents cited by Fairfax Media and Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Four Corners Monday. According to the reports , the man has ties to the italian mafia and took part [...]
Two Moroccan women on Monday went on trial for gross indecency for wearing skirts that police characterized as “too tight.” The women, hairdressers aged 23 and 29, were arrested in mid-June in the city of Agadir after a passerby notified the police about the women’s allegedly provocative clothing. At Monday’s hearing, 200 lawyers took turns [...]
A UK judge on Monday sentenced former News of the World features editor Jules Stenson to a four month suspended prison sentence for his role in hacking the phones of celebrities and government officials. Stenson pleaded guilty to charges of violating the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act last December. The judge said Stenson received a [...]
Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua said Monday that the country would not participate in Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) hearings over a territory dispute with the Philippines. At issue are a number of islands and shoals in the South China Sea, that the Philippines says China has annexed illegally under the UN Convention on the Law [...]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called for India’s prime minister Narendra Modi to open an investigation into the deaths of a number of people connected to an employment exam corruption scandal. The so-called “Vyapam Scam” alleges corruption by members of the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) stating that board members received bribes [...]
JURIST Guests Netsanet Belay and Solomon Sacco of Amnesty International discuss two recent cases in which states have used diplomatic immunity as a pretext for not executing arrest warrants for visiting public officials who are wanted for crimes under international law, thereby upholding impunity for serious crimes…. Two cases in the last couple of weeks [...]
