The trial of a former SS watchman, aged 94, began Tuesday in a Münster juvenile court. German newspaper Die Welt reports that the man, whose name is not disclosed for legal reasons, is alleged to be complicit in the murders of 65,000 victims of Stutthof Concentration Camp in Eastern Poland when he served there from [...]
The US State Department announced Monday that it would reimpose sanctions upon Iran previously lifted by the Obama administration’s nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA). “Starting today, all nuclear cooperation with Iran, except for the limited activities for which waivers are being granted, will be sanctionable,” reads the State Department’s press release. [...]
Meaza Ashenafi, a prominent East African women’s rights activist, has been appointed President of Ethiopia’s Federal Supreme Court, becoming the court’s first female head. She has worked as a judge and legal adviser in Ethiopia since 1992. In 2014, Ashenafi was the subject of a documentary film called “Difret,” in which as a lawyer she [...]
The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s office claimed Wednesday that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled and then dismembered as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist critical of the royal family who went missing after entering the Saudi consulate on October 2. The Saudis initially denied culpability, but then [...]
The South Korean Supreme Court ruled 9-4 Thursday that males could reject compulsory military service on conscientious or religious reasons, and that they could choose instead to complete “alternative” service. Yonhap, South Korea’s news agency, reported that the ruling stated “punishing (conscientious objectors) for refusing the conscription on grounds of religious faith, in others words, [...]
UN human rights experts on Monday urged Saudi Arabia to halt its executions on offenders who were minors when they committed their crimes. “Death penalty sentences and executions for crimes committed by persons below the age of 18 at the time of the offence run contrary to international law and standards,” said the experts. “Children [...]
The South Korean Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal to pay compensation to four Korean workers who were forced to work for the firm during WWII. Each plaintiff will be awarded $87,700 although only one, Lee Choon-Shik (aged 94), is still alive. In a press release, Nippon Steel declared [...]
Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia has been sentenced to seven additional years in prison after she was found guilty on Monday of embezzling USD $375,000 that was supposed to go to a charity fund. The petition to extend Zia’s sentence was filed earlier this month, with the prosecution stating that because Zia was not [...]
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions Thursday claiming that lawyer Michael Avenatti and accuser Julie Swetnick deliberately obstructed the committee’s investigation into the claims made against Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to the Supreme Court earlier this month. “When charlatans make false claims to the Committee—claims [...]
In response to last week’s revelations about journalist Jamal Kashoggi’s death in Istanbul, the European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution urging all European nations to partake in an arms embargo against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until there can be an “International impartial investigation into the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.” Saudi Arabia initially denied [...]
