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February 24, 2022 will be forever etched in the minds of every Ukrainian. On that day, Russia launched a brazen attack, violating not only myriad international laws — but also the basic principles of human decency. One year on, the people of Ukraine continue to fight against Russian cruelty. And as the war drags on, [...]

The US Department of Defense (DOD) Thursday announced the transfer of two brothers detained without charge in Guantanamo Bay for 20 years. The brothers, Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani, arrived in Pakistan on Friday. Pakistani Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, who long championed their release, praised their release in a tweet. He stated the brothers “escaped from [...]

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Samar Veer, a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi.  The Supreme Court of India laid down new guidelines Monday on the circumstances of DNA testing to ascertain the paternity of a child while adjudging a [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled to allow the execution of convicted Florida murderer Donald Dillbeck after he filed last-minute request for a stay. The court denied the appeal just one day before Dillbeck’s execution in a brief decision without any recorded dissents. The Florida State Prison executed Dillbeck Thursday. In his appeal, Dillbeck argued [...]

A man from Texas was sentenced on Wednesday for charges related to an assassination threat he made against US lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as to his participation in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Miller was sentenced to 38 months in prison on [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday ruled that the Republic of Azerbaijan violated several human rights after convicting an activist and university student of “hooliganism.” The ECHR passed the decision following Ilkin Bakir oglu Rustamzade’s claim that he was arrested and subject to criminal proceedings in contravention of the Convention for the Protection [...]

Amnesty International Sunday called for a Tunisian lower court to quash convictions against two LGBTQ+ individuals who were convicted for homosexuality. A transgender woman and gay man were arrested along with six others December 11, 2022 in a raid carried out by the Gorjeni Judicial Police Brigade. All eight were suspected of committing homosexual acts, [...]

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. Here Apoorv Vats, a second-year student at NALSAR University of Law, files from Hyderabad. India’s Supreme Court Friday turned down the names proposed by the Union government in a sealed cover for the constitution of a panel to strengthen regulatory measures and [...]

In November 2022, a petition was filed before the Supreme Court of India to allow legal recognition of marriages between same-sex couples under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (“SMA”). The petitioner in Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty v. Union of India (“Supriyo”) has been in a committed relationship for ten years and is living with his [...]

US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that a further four men, three Americans and one Colombian US permanent resident, have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. The four men were later indicted by a Florida grand jury, along with seven others who had already been arrested, [...]