The Constitutional Court of South Africa Monday ordered the parole of Janusz Walus, a prisoner currently serving life imprisonment for the 1993 murder of South African Communist leader and anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani.   Walus filed an appeal application before the Constitutional Court under Section 33 of the Constitution read with Section 6 of the Promotion [...]

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) Monday supported the propositions of the Ukrainian delegation and adopted a unanimous resolution recognizing Russia as a “terrorist state” during its 68th Annual Session. The PA passed a series of resolutions calling on the 30 NATO allies to intensify backing for Ukraine’s resistance and support the country’s integration into [...]

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to former Indian Institutes of Technology professor and Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde, an accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case. Teltumbde was arrested by Mumbai police in April 2020 for his alleged role in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon violence case. [...]

The Supreme Court of India has dismissed the National Investigating Agency’s (NIA) application to vacate the order that allowed activist Gautam Navlakha’s shift to house arrest from Taloja prison in Mumbai, where he had been detained in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case since April 2020. On August 28, 2018, Navlakha was arrested by Mumbai [...]

The UN Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) Friday concluded its deliberation for the 76th General Assembly, approving six draft resolutions and an additional draft decision to request an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, on the legal consequences of denying the Palestinian people the [...]

The Supreme Court of India Friday granted the premature release of all six convicts serving a life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Rajiv Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India, was assassinated on the night of May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a female suicide bomber, identified as Dhanu, at [...]

Sixteen UN-appointed independent human rights experts Friday urged Iranian authorities to prohibit indicting people with charges punishable by death for participating in peaceful protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Since Amini’s death in a Tehran hospital on September 16, protests have occurred in major cities throughout the country. On September 13, Mahsa Amini [...]

The Supreme Court of India Friday suspended YouTuber Savukku Shankar’s six-month imprisonment that was imposed by the High Court of Madras in a suo moto petition against him for his remarks on the Indian judiciary. In July, in an interview with Red Pix, Shankar remarked that “the entire higher judiciary is riddled with corruption.” On his remark, [...]

India’s Allahabad High Court Monday released its last-week order, granting bail to a student-accused named Mohamad Sajid who was arrested in June for his alleged participation in the Prayagraj Violence in Uttar Pradesh. On June 10, after Friday namaz (prayer), a group of young people assembled in large numbers to protest against the controversial statements [...]

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Thursday released its second report, stating there are “reasonable grounds to conclude that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is now unlawful under international law due to its permanence and the Israeli Government’s de-facto annexation policies.” The commission called for the [...]