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The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was Illegitimate as his conduct, while partially unconstitutional, did not constitute a “betrayal of public trust.” The decision effectively reinstates Han as acting president. While one of the eight justices voted to uphold the impeachment, four voted for dismissal [...]

Part one of this series can be found here: Return of the Torture Monsters: Here We Go Again  Recently, the ACLU highlighted one of the torture architects of our past. In early 2002, then National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice appeared in a video outlining then-President George W. Bush’s role in establishing the 54-country torture regime [...]

Thousands rallied in Seoul on Saturday both in support of and against impeached South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol. The rallies were held in anticipation of an impeachment verdict by the Constitutional Court of Korea, expected to be issued next week, according to local media. Pro-Yoon protestors gathered in central Seoul, waving both South Korean [...]

The Seoul Central District Court ordered the release of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from detention on Friday, citing procedural violations by prosecutors during Yoon’s arrest. This ruling allows President Yoon to await his impeachment trial and criminal proceedings from home. Still, the court did not dismiss the charges of insurrection stemming from the [...]

In a significant shake-up at the Pentagon last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the top military lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force. This decision comes amid a broader series of dismissals across the Department of Defense (DOD), including that of Charles “CQ” Brown, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — [...]

Amnesty International and several civil society organizations jointly released a petition on Monday addressed to the National Assembly of Kenya, urging the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations to acknowledge and end abductions and renditions in Kenya. Petitioners recalled that in November 2024, prominent Ugandan opposition figure and former presidential candidate for the [...]

Ugandan political activist and lawyer Norbert Mao announced on Monday that the case concerning prominent opposition politician, Kizza Besigye, is in the course of transfer from the Ugandan Court Martial to the High Court. He stated that the Attorney General, Director of Public Prosecutions, and the principal judge are working to transfer the case, following [...]

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday declared the Supreme Court decision in the matter of trying armed civilians in a military court martial to be “wrong,” stating that the method reinforces the civilian judicial system in defending the lives of people against criminals armed with guns. In the decision, the court declared trials of civilians [...]

Prosecutors announced Sunday that they have formally arrested and indicted President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of leading an insurrection, according to local media. With this indictment, Yoon will be detained for six months while he undergoes criminal trial proceedings. Prosecutors have charged Yoon with leading an insurrection and conspiring with senior military officials to [...]

South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) transferred the case of impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office for prosecution on Thursday, which marks the fourth day of the Constitutional Court impeachment hearing. In a press conference, the CIO deputy director Lee Jae-Seung said that impeached president Yoon [...]