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Reuters released a comprehensive report Wednesday on women’s deaths in jails across the US. The report collected data from more than 500 jails from 2008 through 2019 and documented 914 female inmate deaths. The report cited suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, deficient medical care for inmates detoxing from opioids, and inadequate medical standards for treating pregnant [...]

The French government Wednesday formally announced its support for a bill aimed at protecting the “principles of the republic.” The new law proposes to strengthen the government’s ability to prosecute extremist religious groups that “present a serious threat to public order.” Critics have expressed concerns that the law is aimed specifically at Muslim groups, but [...]

Malaysia lawmaker Chin Foon Hing on Tuesday called on the government to do more to stop online hate speech in light of a Reuters report that shows hate speech on Facebook incited violence against the Rohingya Muslim population in Myanmar. Hing questioned the government for their plan to curb anti-migrant hate speech and sentiment on [...]

Burundi’s top court sentenced former president Pierre Buyoya to life in prison on Tuesday for the 1993 murder of Melchior Ndadaye, the man who had defeated Buyoya in the presidential elections to become the central African country’s first freely elected president. The killing of Ndadaye, which occurred four months after he had won election, triggered [...]

Vodafone Group Plc VOD.L has reportedly won a controversial $2 billion tax case against the Indian government after the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague held Friday that India breached its Bilateral Investment Treaty with The Netherlands by imposing tax liability on Vodafone. India is believed to have claimed as much as 279 billion rupees from [...]

Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA)  judge James Spigelman resigned on Friday due to concerns over Beijing’s new national security law that many fear infringes on Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms. Without offering details, Spigelman said he will step down for reasons “related to the content of the national security legislation.” A spokesperson for Chief [...]

An Israeli court sentenced a Jewish settler to life in prison plus 20 years on Monday for murdering a Palestinian family in a 2015 firebomb attack on their home in the occupied West Bank. The district court determined that Amiram Ben-Uliel led a racially–motivated attack on the Dawabsheh home after finding the terms “Revenge” and [...]

The Supreme Court of Belarus on Tuesday rejected a complaint filed by former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya that sought to initiate criminal proceedings against the country’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) for approving the outcome of the countries recent presidential election and for the election’s result to be annulled. The Belarusian presidential elections took place earlier this [...]

The Federal Council of the Swiss government on Thursday rejected a proposal to appoint supreme court judges by drawing lots, stating that it would raise questions about the legitimacy of the court. The judges of the Federal Court, the Federal Criminal Court, and the Federal Administrative Court are members of the parliament and rely on [...]

A Mexican judge has issued arrest warrants for 19 former federal law enforcement officials for money laundering and organized crime, officials said Tuesday. The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection initiated the case against these officials who worked under the Peña Nieto administration. Jesús Orta Martínez, former Secretary of Citizen Security, is among the suspects. [...]