The UN Secretary-General António Guterres released a statement on Thursday condemning the Russian attacks against ports in Odesa and other Ukrainian Black Sea ports. The attacks on civilian infrastructure may be a violation of international humanitarian law. According to Russia’s commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding, Russia should be facilitating the export of food from Ukrainian [...]
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Thursday that it will impose travel restrictions on British diplomats, prohibiting them to travel outside of a 75-mile radius of the British Embassy in Moscow or the British Consulate in Yekaterinburg without advanced notice. According to the Russian MFA, the move comes in response to ‘hostile actions’ from [...]
US Federal District Judge Aileen Cannon agreed Thursday to postpone the trial date for the criminal classified documents retention case against former US President Donald Trump. Originally, the case was set to proceed to trial on August 14. However, under Cannon’s new order, the trial is now set to begin in Fort Pierce, Florida on [...]
Russian investigators took prominent Russian nationalist and military veteran Igor Girkin into custody on Friday for criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian performance in the War in Ukraine. Miroslava Reginskaya, Girkin’s wife, informed the public about his detention. According to her statement on Girkin’s Telegram channel, representatives of the Investigative Committee came to their [...]
Egyptian authorities released human rights researcher Patrick George Zaki and human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer on Thursday, one day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted pardons to both men. These pardons came after Zaki’s conviction on charges of disseminating false information, which resulted in a three-year prison sentence. The charges were related to an article [...]
Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Friday that the Philippine government will have to learn more about the intentions of several investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) before granting them entry to the country. The ICC intends to enter the Philippines to investigate President Duterte’s “war on drugs,” which took place between 2011 [...]
The Supreme Court of India said on Wednesday that it will deliberate on the constitutional validity of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code. This exception currently prevents non-consensual marital sex from being considered rape, raising concerns about the rights and protection of those involved. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, [...]
Sri Lanka’s parliament passed on Wednesday an anti-corruption bill designed to strengthen governance and fight corruption in the country’s government. With the passage of the bill, the government is also hopeful to receive economic assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which previously denied Sri Lanka assistance based on their lack of compliance with international [...]
Hong Kong’s Eastern Magistrates’ Courts sentenced photographer Cheng Wing-chun to three months prison on Thursday for violating the National Anthem Ordinance. Cheng, who was found guilty on July 5, is the first person tried under the ordinance. Cheng was convicted because he purportedly insulted the Chinese national anthem by replacing the anthem with “Glory to [...]
The Supreme Court of India referred the Delhi government’s petition challenging the Government of India’s recent services ordinance to a five-judge constitution bench. The ordinance would transfer control of some civil servants from the Delhi government to the national government, which the Delhi government argues is unconstitutional. The Delhi government’s petition challenged the Government of [...]
