Search Results for: 2016-08-25

JURIST Guest Columnists Greg Barns of RMIT University Graduate School of Business and Law and Anna Talbot of Australian Lawyers Alliance discuss the need for improved policies regarding refugees in Australia... On Tuesday Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, stood in...

Pakistani police are committing serious human rights abuses , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday, calling for a complete overhaul of the country's police system. The report , "This Crooked System," looks at the history of the...

Attacks in Aleppo, Syria's capital, were called a "breach of international humanitarian law" in a joint statement by EU officials on Saturday. The EU is urging countries with influence on the parties to encourage negotiations to cease the attacks...

JURIST Guest Columnist Nicholas M. Wooldridge of LV Criminal Defense discusses the need for federal expungement legislation... This article is currently under review Introduction Do ex-offenders who successfully complete their sentence deserve a chance to wipe the slate clean? The...

An Egyptian court on Saturday froze assets of five notable human rights activists and three NGOs for allegedly accepting foreign funds without governmental authorization. Though a criminal proceeding has yet to take place, this order likely spells...

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that a decades-old federal prohibition against gun ownership by people committed to mental health institutions could violate the Second Amendment, reviving a challenge to the...

The Missouri legislature on Wednesday overrode vetoes by Governor Jay Nixon to approve bills requiring voter identification and removing the need to renew permits in order to carry a concealed weapon. HB 1931 ...

Ireland's cabinet on Friday agreed to join Apple in appealing the European Commission's €13 billion ruling against the tech giant. The commission's ruling, issued in late August, determined that Ireland granted...

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday granted clemency to 111 non-violent criminal offenders, including 35 federal offenders serving life sentences. These new grants of clemency bring Obama's total to 673, including 325 in the month...

The Illinois Supreme Court concluded on Thursday that placing a redistricting proposal on the ballot this fall would be unconstitutional. The proposal would have transferred legislative mapmaking power to an independent commission and had the backing of...