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The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the US Drug Enforcement Agency announced Thursday that they had arrested four men accused of international narcotics and weapons trafficking offenses. Three of the men were Thai nationals, but Takeshi Ebisawa is a Japanese national who US authorities allege is a part of [...]

Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday that they would not file criminal charges in the death of Amir Locke. Locke, a Black man, was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer when law enforcement was executing a no-knock search warrant of a downtown apartment in February. [...]

The Supreme Court of India Wednesday directed the central government to file its reply in a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 15 and 16 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (‘HSA’). The succession scheme for an intestate female under the HSA grants preference to the husband’s heirs over the heirs of the deceased [...]

The Rwanda appeals court Monday upheld Paul Rusesabagina’s 25-year sentence. In upholding the sentence, the court of appeals rejected the prosecutors’ demand for a life sentence. Rusesabagina’s supporters and international observers, such as TrialWatch and Amnesty International, called Rusesabagina’s first trial a sham. The 2021 sentencing was a result of his involvement in the 2018-2019 Rwandan [...]

Former Colombian soldier Mario Palacios Monday pleaded not guilty to charges by US prosecutors that he conspired to commit murder or kidnapping in connection with the assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise, according to Reuters. Moise was assassinated on July 7, 2021. The case is currently before United States District Court for the Southern [...]

The US Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it had charged a Chinese national with conspiring to act in the US as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China. Sun Hoi Ying, also known as Sun Haiying, spent at least five years—from February 2017 through February 2022 — acting in the US as [...]

“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” – US President Joe Biden, March 26, 2022 Though rarely recognized, international law is part of the law of the United States. It follows, among other things, that if the American president’s recent call for Vladimir Putin’s departure was consistent with the law of nations, it [...]

The Homicide Victims’ Families Rights Act, a bipartisan bill that gives families of homicide victims in federal cases more rights, passed the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday with a vote of 406-20 and is now headed to the Senate for consideration. Under the bill, immediate family members of a homicide victim in a federal case [...]

The Singapore Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected an appeal against the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national who was convicted of illegally importing 42.72 grams of diamorphine in 2009. Nagaenthran’s death penalty arises out of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA), which provides for the mandatory death penalty in cases involving over 15 grams [...]

The no-knock warrant — a search warrant that authorizes police officers to enter certain premises without knocking and announcing their presence or purpose before entering — is a source of contention in America today. Its element of surprise and extirpative effects makes it a powerful yet contemptible militarized tactic. In this respect, reference is made [...]