The Supreme Court of Singapore on Tuesday convicted an activist and an opposition politician under the country’s new Administration of Justice (Protection) Act 2016, finding the Facebook remarks they made critical of Singapore’s judiciary to constitute contempt by scandalizing court. The Administration of Justice Act makes it illegal to commit the crime of “contempt by scandalising (sic) court,” which is defined as: Any [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday that the US must lift its sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran that affect imports of humanitarian goods as well as products and services linked to the safety of civil aviation. The US sanctions against Iran were reimposed in May and August  after President Donald Trump withdrew the US [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled Sunday that a lawsuit against North Carolina’s new “bathroom bill,” which prohibits local governments from enacting new anti-discrimination laws regarding multiple occupancy restrooms, can move forward. The case was originally brought by a group of transgender individuals challenging the state’s 2016 [...]

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday reversed a district court order that required the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)  to dig up and remove a large amount of coal ash at one of its power plants, holding that the Clean Water Act (CWA) does not regulate pollutants that reach navigable waters through [...]

The Organized Crime and Corrupt Reporting Project (OCCRP) released materials on Tuesday detailing widespread corruption within the ranks of the Maldives government just days before a presidential election. The reports allege that members of the Maldives government fraudulently conveyed at least 50 of the country’s tropical islands to foreign investors and pocketed much of the proceeds. President Abdulla [...]

EU lawmakers voted on Wednesday in favor of initiating measures against the Hungarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban for allegedly breaching the values upon which the EU was founded. The measure allows Article 7 sanctions, under the Treaty of Lisbon , to be brought against Hungary, which could result in the country’s expulsion from the EU. The resolution was passed by [...]

A group of UN human rights experts on Tuesday expressed concern regarding Hungary’s new immigration measures. Hungary adopted legislation in July that further restricts asylum claims and criminalizes “supporting and facilitating illegal immigration.” The experts have observed that, as a result of the legislation, “hreats against human rights defenders in Hungary are now regular and [...]

A judge for the Superior Court for the State of Alaska Third Judicial District at Anchorage issued a restraining order on Monday preventing the state from removing political signs in view of, but outside, the state’s right of way. The order comes in response to a legal challenge filed  by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska (ACLU) , [...]

The Myanmar government on Tuesday rejected  the findings of a UN investigative panel that the country’s military may have engaged in genocide and other human rights abuses during last year’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslim minorities, characterizing the findings of the report as “false allegations.” The statement, which was issued by government spokespeson Zaw Htay, was published in a state-owned [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that banks must comply with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules requiring the arbitration of all claims brought against them by customers, breaking from two 2014 decisions issued by the Second and Ninth Circuits. The issue concerns FINRA Rule 12200 , which requires [...]