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The Khartoum District Court has ordered the country’s three main telecommunication providers—Zain, MTN and Sudani—to restore internet services immediately, after more than two weeks of internet shutdown following a coup by military leaders, according to Reuters. In the early hours of October 25, Sudan’s military dissolved the government and the Sovereign Council, a joint military and [...]

The Associated Press (AP) has released an investigative report revealing that the Myanmar military has been torturing prisoners in a “methodical and systematic” manner since taking over the government in February. The report is based on interviews with 28 people who were recently released by the military. AP’s investigation covered images, sketches, and letters, as [...]

South Korea passed an amendment to its Military Court Act on Tuesday that will see members of the country’s military accused of homicide and sex crimes tried in civilian courts. Before the amendment, such cases were heard in specialized military courts. According to activists, this compromised the independence of trials. Military commanders had influence over [...]

A Defence Sub-Committee on Women in the Armed Forces report released Sunday details evidence of bullying, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape experienced by servicewomen in the British military. The report further found that the Ministry of Defense and the military are failing to protect female personnel and help them achieve their full potential. The report, [...]

US Secretary of Defense Llyod Austin released a statement on Tuesday announcing that he will support changes to the military justice system that would allow independent military lawyers to handle sexual assault cases, removing the cases from the chain of command. Austin’s statement is in response to a report from the Independent Review Commission (IRC) [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – From one of our Myanmar law students, reflecting on the dual significance of June 19 for women in Myanmar: June 19 is a very special day. It’s not just the leader DASSK  ’s birthday. It’s International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. For all the women who had to [...]

It is well known that the United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land  (US SEALs) have serious problems. The SEAL community has been plagued by extreme drug use and sexual assaults and has been found to engage in the murder of one of their own Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel. All of these incidences have [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Many in Myanmar and abroad were shaken Thursday by an interview conducted by US-funded Radio Free Asia that described conditions for detainees held at the Shwe Yamin Htet interrogation center in Yangon in the third month of the country’s military coup. A 17-year old detainee released by authorities Tuesday described grotesque violence [...]

On January 23, 2021, Chief Petty Officer Tony DeDolph of the U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) was sentenced to ten years in prison for the involuntary manslaughter of Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar of the U.S. Army Green Berets. DeDolph, “pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit assault, involuntary manslaughter, hazing, and obstruction of justice,” [...]

A US federal court ruled Thursday that a retired officer’s sexual assault case against Air Force General John Hyten is allowed to proceed to the next phase. Hyten, the second-highest-ranking US military official, was accused of sexually assaulting a female officer in 2017. Retired Army Colonel Kathryn Spletstoser accused Hyten of engaging in unwanted sexual [...]