Hong Kong court finds three pro-democracy protest leaders guilty
A Hong Kong court on Thursday found three leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy protests guilty on charges related to their occupation of a government building. Joshua Wong and Alex Chow, prominent leaders of the Umbrella Revolution , were convicted...
JURIST Guest Columnists Stephen Cooper and Donnie W. Bethel discuss the effect of the behavior of Prosecutors who parade their cases to the media has on the Criminal Justice system... Call us 'old school', but like the Honorable Scott Milne...
Overcriminalization & Mass Incarceration: SCOTUS' Decision in the Hobbs Act Case Will Increase Both
JURIST Guest Columnists Donnie W. Bethel and Stephen A. Cooper discuss how recent Supreme Court's decision related to the Hobbs Act only serves to further take up space and resources in the federal prisons... People of all persuasions, political parties...
UK Supreme Court dismisses Iraq civilians' claims of abuse by British soldiers
The UK Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected claims by approximately 600 Iraqi civilians that they were extrajudicially detained and physically abused by British forces. The suit, brought by 14 "lead claimants" representing approximately 600...
Federal appeals court allows release of classified materials to Bergdahl's attorneys
The US Army Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that the lawyers for US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl should be allowed access to classified materials. In an opinion made public Saturday, the three-judge court upheld the military...
JURIST Guest Colomnist Jordan J. Paust, the Mike & Teresa Baker Professor at the Law Center at the University of Houston, discusses how waterboarding is a form of torture...Professor Jeffrey Addicott has made false statements about Bush/Cheney interrogation tactics in...
UN rights chief troubled by China crackdown on lawyers and activists
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed concern over China's recent crackdown on lawyers and activists. The commissioner stated that civil society workers should be protected by the state,...
Chinese authorities on Tuesday released and deported Swedish citizen charged with training and funding unlicensed lawyers, after the Swedish embassy expressed concerns over the charges last week. Peter Dahlin had appeared on Chinese national television...
Sweden rights advocate 'confesses' on Chinese national television
Peter Dahlin, a Swedish rights advocate who had been detained in China on charges of endangering state security, confessed his crimes on Chinese state television on Tuesday. In the interview, which aired on State Broadcaster CCTV,...
The trial of former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra began in the Supreme Court of Thailand on Friday, as she appeared in court to face corruption charges involving mismanagement of a rice-subsidy program. The charges against Shinawatra include...
