A Pakistan court Thursday sentenced to death the scion of one of the country’s wealthiest families for raping and beheading the daughter of a former diplomat.  Pakistani-American Zahir Jaffer attacked Noor Mukadam at his Islamabad home in July 2021. According to investigators, Jaffer lured Mukadam to his home where he then tortured her for two days [...]

A federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota found three former Minneapolis police officers guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights Thursday. The 12-person jury found the men, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, guilty of depriving Floyd of his civil rights by exhibiting indifference to his medical needs during Floyd’s arrest in May [...]

Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced Thursday that the country will be closing its airspaces and asked the government to declare a state of emergency following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The country is preparing to harbor “tens of thousands” of Ukrainian refugees as a result of the recent attacks. Within hours of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s [...]

Following Russia’s official invasion of Ukraine Thursday, the UN and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on the parties involved to protect civilians and critical infrastructure in accordance with the international rules of war. ICRC President Peter Maurer asked the parties to do everything possible to avoid escalating a conflict that will most [...]

As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine by land, sea and air on Thursday, US, Canadian and EU leaders imposed new waves of sanctions against Moscow, citing grave concerns that left unchecked, Russian aggression threatens to upend global order. Earlier Thursday, Russia’s Vladimir Putin ordered a so-called “special military operation” into Ukraine — essentially a [...]

The trial of the only Louisville police officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s death began Wednesday. Brett Hankison is charged, not for any actions that led to Taylor’s death, but for the wanton endangerment of people living in the apartment next to Taylor’s. Breonna Taylor was killed in March 2020 during a botched no-knock [...]

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted Wednesday the state’s new congressional map for the US House of Representatives, breaking a partisan deadlock. The court selected a map submitted by Pennsylvania voters. The map adheres to the prescribed goals of Pennsylvania’s redistricting process and reorganizes the previous 18 congressional districts into the newly reapportioned 17. Traditionally, the [...]

The European Commission Wednesday proposed the Data Act, comprised of harmonized rules on access to and use of data generated in the EU across all economic sectors. The Act intends to ensure fair access to data, stimulate competition in data markets and create opportunities for data-driven innovation. Key proposals of the Act include measures to [...]

The French National Assembly voted 135-47 Wednesday in favor of extending the legal limit for ending a pregnancy from 12 to 14 weeks. While the bill was first put forward to lawmakers in October 2022 by MP Albane Gaillot, a year of parliamentary rows slowed down the progression of the bill. The bill marks the [...]

Law students from the University of Ottawa are filing dispatches for JURIST in the aftermath of the “Freedom Convoy” protests that paralyzed Canada’s capital for some three weeks and disrupted trade and cross-border traffic across the country. Here, 1L Mélanie Cantin reports.  After passing by a comfortable margin of 34 votes in the House of Commons [...]