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Europe rights court rejects German national's challenge to conviction over use of Nazi symbols
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday rejected a complaint from a German national concerning his 2015 prosecution and conviction in a Munich court for the posting of a picture in his blog post of former Schutzstaffel (SS) chief Hei (More) |
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UN experts urge France to improve water and sanitation in migrant camps
UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged France to provide adequate emergency shelter, access to drinking water and sanitation facilities, to thousands of migrants living in camps on the northern French coast. "Migrants, regardless of their statu (More) |
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Germany prosecutors file extradition request for former Catalan president
The Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court in Germany confirmed Tuesday that an application has been filed by prosecutors in Germany to extradite the deposed Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont . A three-judge senate for criminal matters of t (More) |
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Supreme Court declines to hear Michigan cross case
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal in a dispute to determine whether a pole can be turned into a cross on public land in Michigan. More than 50 years ago, the "Dewey Hill Monument" was donated to Grand Haven, Michigan, as a (More) |
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Vermont Senate approves final version of gun restriction law
The Vermont Senate on Friday voted 17-13 to approve legislation that will place restrictions on access to guns and gun-altering devices. Some of the measures include raising the purchase age for guns to 21 and bans magazines of more than 10 round (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 31 March 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US State Department submitted a proposal to the Federal Register on Friday that would require nonimmigrant visa applicants to list their social media identities for the last five years. A f (More) |
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Disbarment, Suspension and Harassment: Outcast Lawyers in China
JURIST Guest Columnist Patrick Poon, a China researcher at Amnesty International, discusses the tactics used by Chinese authorities to keep lawyers from changing the political and social environment... When Sui Muqing became a lawyer in 1993, he c (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 March 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UK Court of Appeal ruled this week that software is not a good, overruling the lower court opinion. UN human rights experts expressed concern Friday over the diminishing health of Jia (More) |
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Cambodia's efforts to sideline opposition condemned by 45 nations
At the UN Human Rights Council Wednesday, 45 nations condemned the increasingly authoritarian actions taken by the regime in Cambodia. Last fall, opposition leader Kem Sokha was jailed and is being held in terrible conditions in an isolated priso (More) |
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UN human rights committee to Poland parliament: reject anti-abortion bill
A committee of independent experts under the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday urged the Polish parliament to reject a proposed bill that would further restrict abortion rights in Poland. The bill would ban abortion in situations where there is (More) |
Accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, put on trial in Israel
On February 16, 1987, accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, went on trial in Jerusalem, Israel. The prosecution claimed that Demjanjuk was a notorious prison guard known as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp during World War II. On this basis, Demjanjuk was convicted by the Israeli court of crimes against humanity. However, in August 1993, the conviction overturned by Israel's Supreme Court on a finding of reasonable doubt.
After the decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, Demjanjuk was returned to the United States, where he had been moved after World War II. On December 22, 2006, the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals ordered him deported to the Ukraine on a finding that he had been a guard at other Nazi concentration camps.
