Malaysia Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil stated Friday that proposed house arrest reforms are part of broader justice system changes aimed at reducing prison overcrowding and recidivism, denying speculation the legislation was designed to benefit imprisoned former prime minister Najib Razak. Fadzil defended the proposal as part of broader criminal justice reforms, pointing to prison overcrowding [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday invalidated a Mississippi election law that allowed mail-in and absentee election ballots as long as they were sent on or before Election Day. The ruling overturned the lower court’s decision that upheld the law. The unanimous appeals court ruled that the Mississippi law was [...]
Mexico’s Senate voted on Friday to block courts from challenging or halting constitutional amendments approved by Congress. The vote was aimed at safeguarding a series of reforms from Supreme Court interference as the court reviews an extensive judicial overhaul. With a significant majority vote of 85-41, the Senate cleared the two-thirds requirement to pass the [...]
Venezuelan opposition party Voluntad Popular said Friday that local leader and party co-founder Edwin Santos was found dead after being detained by security forces in Apure state, marking an escalation in political repression following disputed July elections. Santos was actively involved in July’s opposition victory in Apure state before his death, according to Voluntad Popular’s [...]
US President Joe Biden on Friday issued an official apology on behalf of the United States at the Gila River Indian Reservation for the historic abuses of the federally-run boarding schools forcefully imposed on Native Americans. Biden remarked on Native Americans’ achievements before the US expanded its rule westward, highlighting their democratic governance, advanced agriculture, [...]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey launched an investigation into Google on Thursday, alleging that the search engine is censoring conservative speech during the presidential election period. In his statement on X (formerly Twitter), Bailey accused Google of “waging a war on the democratic process.” Bailey plans to subpoena Google to investigate its algorithms and the [...]
US legal think-tank Brennan Center said that there is no connection between progressive prosecutorial policies and increased crime rates, in a report published on Wednesday. The report revealed no correlation between progressive prosecutors and higher crime rates. Moreover, the report suggests that in the brief instances where the data diverges, crime rates under progressive regimes [...]
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins struck down Ohio’s restrictive abortion ban on Thursday, citing the 2023 voter-approved Reproductive Freedom Amendment that protects the right to abortion under the state constitution. The decision enforces a permanent injunction against the ban, a 2019 law that prohibited abortions once fetal cardiac activity was detected, often as [...]
Ireland’s lower house of parliament, the Dáil Éireann, voted to “take note” of the final report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying (JCAD), with 76 votes for and 53 against, on Thursday. The vote has no legal effect but indicates support for legislation in the area. It is up to both houses of parliament [...]
An Israeli strike in south Lebanon resulted in the deaths of three journalists, Lebanon’s health ministry said on Friday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also raised concerns over Israeli airstrikes impacting a border crossing with Syria. In a statement on Facebook, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanon Ministry of [...]
