The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Kingsley v. Hendrickson over whether excessive-force claims brought by pre-trial detainees should be governed by the standard applicable to free people on the street, or instead by a standard like the one applicable to convicted criminals in prison. In the case, plaintiff Michael Kingsley argues [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases on Monday. In Spokeo v. Robins , the court is asked to determine whether Congress may confer Article III standing upon a plaintiff who suffers no concrete harm and who therefore could not otherwise invoke the jurisdiction of a federal court, by authorizing a private right [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Cambodia to drop plans to revive a restrictive nongovernmental organizations (NGO) law. Prime Minister Hun Sen has reportedly said he would use the Law on Associations and Nongovernmental Organizations (LANGO) to “handcuff” non compliant groups. Brian Adams, HRW Asia director said that NGOs play a crucial rule in [...]
The annual Webby Awards in Law and more than 100 other subject categories were announced in New York Monday as the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences honored excellence in interactive design, creativity, usability and functionality on the Internet in 2015. Harvard Law project Perma.cc took the judges’ Webby, and the People’s Voice award, [...]
The Indonesian Constitutional Court has agreed to hear a last minute appeal by two condemned drug smugglers known as the “Bali Nine Pair” . The pair’s legal representative said Monday that the court has agreed to hear the appeal. The pair had been due to face death by firing squad Wednesday after being convicted of [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Gregory S. Gordon, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, discusses the similarities and differences between the Aaron Hernandez and OJ Simpson trials and the potential implications for future criminal cases … On April 15, 2015, former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder for the [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday said that the trial of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was “badly flawed” and compromised by due process violations. The former president was convicted on April 21 for inciting violence and ordering the killing and torturing of protesters in 2012 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. While the [...]
Bahrain Public Prosecution on Sunday extended the period of detention of Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab by 15 days, citing a need for further investigation. According to Rajab’s wife, the activist was arrested on April 2 for tweets he posted about torture practices in Jau prison. At the time of his arrest Rajab was [...]
Indonesia notified nine convicted of drug traffickers–four Nigerian men, two Australian men, a Filipino woman, and one man each from Brazil, France and Indonesia–that their executions will be carried out within 72 hours. The executions will be carried out by firing squad in Besi prison on Nusakambangan Island at the earliest on Tuesday or Wednesday. [...]
The US Department of State (DOS) released a statement Thursday condemning the imprisonment of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev and calling for his release. Aliyev was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and a three-year ban from holding public office for on charges of illegal entrepreneurship, tax evasion and abuse of power. [...]
