The Bishkek City Court on Friday upheld the Birinchi Mai District Court’s 18-year prison sentence of former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sapar Isakov for corruption. The Birinchi Mai District Court in Bishkek convicted Isakov last month of misusing funds allocated to the renovation of the State History Museum and the hippodrome in Cholpon-Ata. According to a [...]
Members of the European Council on Wednesday said they do not recognize Belarus’ August 9 election results where President Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected in a landslide victory, claiming 80 percent of the votes. The EU will also impose sanctions against “a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression and the falsification of election results,” which it [...]
Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform announced a bill on Thursday aimed at combating alleged sabotage of the US Postal Service (USPS) by Trump appointees. The bill, titled the Delivering For America Act, provides $25 billion for funding continued service by the USPS through the end of the year. In addition, it [...]
Michigan Governor Gretchen Witmer announced Thursday that the state has reached a preliminary settlement agreement with victims of the Flint water crisis that exposed thousands of residents to unsafe levels of lead in their drinking water. The settlement agreement provides for $600 million in damages to be paid by the state to residents of Flint [...]
Thai authorities issued arrest warrants on Wednesday for activists who took part in the 3 August pro-democracy demonstration. Among the six activists arrested is lawyer Anon Nampa, who called for reform of the monarchy, marking the second time he has been arrested this month. Previously charged with sedition, Anon joined the student rallies demanding constitutional [...]
The Public Rights Project (PRP), a California-based civil rights organization, has issued an open letter to the National Conference of Bar Examiners and the state bar examiners of 34 states “in response to the ongoing problems and systemic unfairness resulting from efforts to administer the bar exam during a global pandemic,” calling for law graduates [...]
A former attorney for the FBI pleaded guilty on Wednesday to doctoring an email in relation to the Bureau’s investigation of ties between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government. Kevin Clinesmith, a former Assistant General Counsel for the FBI’s National Security and Cyber Law Branch, was assigned to provide legal support for [...]
Federal prosecutors indicted political strategist Steve Bannon Thursday for his alleged involvement in a privately funded border wall fraud scheme. Southern District of New York (SDNY) prosecutors submitted that Bannon, along with three others, garnered hundreds of thousands of online donors for “We Build the Wall” while falsely claiming that the entirety of the proceeds [...]
Egypt’s parliament gave final approval Tuesday to a bill seeking to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by adding an article providing for the protection of sexual harassment and assault victims’ identities during legal procedures. The provision is aimed at encouraging women to report such crimes without fear of identification resulting in retribution or pressure to withdraw [...]
A federal judge denied requests by President Donald Trump to block a subpoena for his tax returns on Thursday, paving the way for the release of the records that Trump has sought to conceal since 2018. Trump has sought to block the subpoena, issued by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. to his accounting firm, [...]
