Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro denounced the EU’s call for election verification as a disgrace on Monday after the controversial elections in July. In the press conference, Maduro stated that the EU and its high representative Josep Borrell who he referred to as a disgrace, led Ukraine into a war and remained silent about the massacre in [...]

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset Plenum, passed the European Union (EU) import reform in a second and third reading on Monday. In the vote, 22 members of the Knesset voted to approve the bills without opposing votes or abstentions. The bill, which sailed through the Ministerial Committee on Fighting the Cost of Living, aims to remove [...]

US District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta held that Google LLC violated section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by maintaining an illegal monopoly over internet search and search advertising markets on Monday. The ruling marks a significant victory for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and State Attorneys General who have been challenging Google’s [...]

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Monday to support Māori iwi, Ngāpuhi, to oppose the repeal of section 7AA of the Children’s and Young People’s Well-being Act. Ngāpuhi members traveled from the Northland region of New Zealand to the capital city to protest the repeal and present [...]

Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) Police Commissioner Michael Murphy resigned from the NT Police Association (NTPA) on Monday, after the NTPA criticised the apology he made to First Nations people at the Garma Festival on Saturday. On the second day of the Garma Festival, Australia’s largest Indigenous gathering which celebrates Yolngu life and culture, Murphy apologised [...]

A report into New Zealand’s criminal justice system published by a coalition of justice and human rights organisations on Monday revealed multiple accounts of abuse, discrimination and alleged human rights violations perpetrated by police and corrections staff between June 2022 and March 2024. Analysing 62 complaints received by Aotearoa Justice Watch (AJW), the report alleged [...]

UK law associations expressed concern Monday over the suggestion that 24-hour “night courts” should be established to deal with the mass riots throughout the UK, emphasizing that solicitors are already overworked and underpaid. The (CBA), Magistrates’ Association, and UK Law Society all expressed concern over the potential plan. In an open letter to the Ministry [...]

Rioting and unrest continued Monday across the United Kingdom, with numerous towns and cities reeling from the ongoing violence. The disorder prompted Prime Minister Keir Starmer to condemn the riots as”far-right thuggery.” Several countries, including Australia, Nigeria, Malaysia and Kenya have issued warnings to their citizens in or travelling to the UK following the riots, with [...]

This article includes reporting by JURIST’s Alumni Engagement Coordinator Sean Nolan Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden has escalated his investigation into billionaire Harlan Crow’s tax treatment of luxury trips provided to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, according to a letter sent to Crow’s attorney on Monday. In the letter, Wyden, a Democratic Senator from Oregon, expressed [...]

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following weeks of deadly nationwide protests calling for quota reform, Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced in an address to the nation on Monday. The news comes as Sheikh Hasina fled the country and took refuge in India after protestors called for her resignation, storming her residential home in Dhaka. According [...]