In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Mexico found that any federal regulations that criminalize abortion are unconstitutional Wednesday. The Court reviewed an injunction brought by GIRE, a reproductive rights NGO, that challenged the Federal Criminal Code where it addressed voluntary abortion. In their ruling, the court held that the criminalization of abortion constitutes [...]

A Washington DC judge sentenced on Friday multiple members of a far-right nationalist group known as the Proud Boys for their role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Former leader of the Proud Boys Ethan Nordean received an 18 year prison sentence, and member Dominic Pezzola received a ten year prison sentence. Nordean’s sentence [...]

A US federal court in Washington DC found former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani guilty on Wednesday of defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss during the 2020 US presidential election. Freeman and Moss alleged that after Georgia election results were released, confirming that current President Joe Biden had obtained a majority of the [...]

A UN official expressed concern Wednesday over the recent wave of violence against justice officials in Ecuador. Margaret Satterthwaite, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, said that four criminal prosecutors were assassinated between 2022 and 2023. In June, prosecutor Leonardo Palacios died in these attacks. Palacios was shot while leaving [...]

A Pakistan spokesperson announced the arrest of two Christian brothers for blasphemy Friday, according to Reuters. The two were accused of ripping pages from the Quran. Chapter XV of Pakistan’s Penal Code outlines several different forms of blasphemy against Islam. These criminalize conduct such as making derogatory remarks about Muhammad or the desecration of the [...]

Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski announced Monday that the Internal Security Agency arrested two Russians on espionage charges. The Internal Security Agency alleges that the Russians distributed Wagner Group propaganda in Krakow and Warsaw. The activities of the Russian defendants may have violated Article 130 § 1 of the Polish penal code, which states, “Anyone [...]

ProPublica released a report Thursday revealing new details about Clarence Thomas’ history of accepting lavish gifts while serving as a US Supreme Court Justice. According to the report, Thomas failed to disclose millions of dollars worth of gifts from several multi-millionaires who shared his conservative views. The report specifically names H. Wayne Huzienga, David Sokol, [...]

India’s lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, restored the membership of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday after India’s Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a 2019 defamation case. Gandhi is a key figure in the Indian National Congress (INC), India’s main opposition political party. After the news about parliament’s decision to restore him, [...]

Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General announced Friday it would investigate whether recent Russian attacks on Odessa and other Black Sea ports constitute war crimes, according to a report from Reuters. The ports are major exporters of grain, a key food source for some of the world’s poorest countries. Russia attacked the ports despite co-signing [...]

Senegal suspended mobile internet access on Monday after the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and a period of civil unrest. NetBlocks, an independent monitor of global internet freedom, mapped the restriction using data from Google. The data showed a sharp decrease in Senegalese internet traffic on Monday morning. Communications Minister Moussa Bocar Thiam said [...]