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Russia court upholds opposition leader's conviction, suspends sentence
A Russian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the embezzlement conviction of Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's chief political opponent, but suspended his five-year jail sentence, allowing him to walk free. Navalny was sentenced to five year (More) |
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UN SG urges business leaders to promote sustainable development
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on business leaders to work with the US to pursue and promote sustainable development worldwide in a statement made on Friday at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York. The Global Corporate Susta (More) |
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Russia court receives first official complaint against new NGO law
Russia's Constitutional Court on Tuesday received the first official complaint against the country's new law which requires political non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents." Kostroma Cen (More) |
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Reforming the FAA Section 508
JURIST Guest Columnist Steven Aiello, LLB Candidate, University of London, considers foreign aid and how it applies to Egypt in a two-part series. In his second piece, he calls for reform of the Foreign Assistance Act... (More) |
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Cambodia political party alleges irregularities in election results
Following the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) alleged in an email that an opposing party's claims of victory were incorrect due to poll irregularities. The CNRP claimed in its email that names (More) |
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UN launches LGBT equal rights campaign
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched a new campaign on Friday dedicated to raising awareness about discrimination against the LGBT community and promoting respect for equal rights. Known as "Free and Equal," th (More) |
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Russia legal experts warn constitutional order under threat
Russia's constitutional order is being threatened by the current government practices, according to an open letter signed by more than 50 of Russia's leading legal experts on Tuesday. The letter accuses the government of systematic rights abuses a (More) |
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UN expert urges Japan to adopt rights-based approach to development
Cephans Lumina , the UN Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and human rights, called upon Japan Monday to adopt a rights-based approach to international development . As one of the largest providers of development assistance in the wor (More) |
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Russia protest leader freed from jail
Russian political activist and lawyer Alexei Navalny was freed from jail on Friday, less than 24 hours after he was sentenced to five years for embezzling 16 million rubles (USD $500,000). Navalny and his co-defendant, Petr Ofitserovon, were freed (More) |
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Russia protest leader sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzlement
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced political activist and lawyer Alexei Navalny to five years in prison for embezzling USD $500,000 from a state-owned timber company. Navalny, a strong critic of President Vladimir Putin and a crusader against a (More) |
US House voted to impeach President Clinton
On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Read the Articles of Impeachment.
