A three-judge panel of the US District Court for the Middle District of California on Monday once again struck down North Carolina’s congressional map after a finding that the state’s legislature improperly relied on political data to draw the map in such a way as to retain as many Republican seats as possible. The opinion [...]
US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was found guilty on five charges of tax fraud, two of bank fraud and one of failure to disclose a foreign bank account on Tuesday. Manafort also faced another 10 charges on which the jury could not reach a verdict. Judge TS Ellis of the US [...]
US President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty on Tuesday to five counts of tax fraud, one count of making a false statement to a financial institution, one count of causing an unlawful corporate contribution and one count of making an excessive campaign contribution. According to the plea agreement, the maximum term of [...]
Amnesty International said Thursday that the Honorary Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, Taner Kilic, has been released after 14 months in prison. Amnesty’s Secretary General Kumi Naidoo said that Kilic was released and has returned to his family. Naidoo also called for the release of other human rights advocates whom Naidoo alleges are being detained on [...]
The UK in EU Challenge group, an anti-Brexit organization consisting largely of British expatriates living in Spain, France and Italy, filed a new legal challenge to Brexit Tuesday alleging that the referendum vote was not a fair vote and the results should therefore be invalidated. The challenge states that, under European law, an EU nation [...]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced Wednesday that former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet will succeed Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights . Bachelet completed her second four-year term as the Chilean president earlier this year. Upon her initial election in 2006, she became the first female to assume the Chilean [...]
Venezuela’s pro-government National Constituent Assembly voted unanimously to strip two members of the opposition-controlled legislature of their immunity accusing them of playing a role in the attempted assassination of President Nicolás Maduro. The move comes after the Venezuela Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the two lawmakers, Julio Borges and Juan Reuesens, on Wednesday. The [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Tuesday that Zimbabwean police forces, soldiers, and a number of unidentified armed men violently attacked and harassed dozens of supporters of the Movement for Democratic Chance Alliance (MDCA) in a crackdown on political opposition. Political unrest erupted in Zimbabwe following the election held in the country last week when [...]
The trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort began on Tuesday. The indictment alleges that Manafort and Richard Gates, a former deputy chair of the Trump campaign and liaison to the Republican National Committee who has already plead guilty to the charges, acted as unregistered agents of Ukraine and Victor Yanukovyk, the President of [...]
Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a proposed amendment to the Law on National Council on Thursday that would grant the Polish government significant power in appointing Polish Supreme Court Justices. Prior to the enactment of the amendment and a series of prior amendments, the Polish National Judiciary Council had the power to make judicial appointments. The [...]
