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The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko assented on Wednesday to comprehensive amendments to the law “On the President of the Republic of Belarus,” which tightened the requirements for a presidential candidate within the country. Under the amended law, only a person aged 40 years or older, who is a citizen of the Republic of Belarus by [...]

Transparency International, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), Katiba Institute and Africa Center for Open Governance (Africog) lodged a petition on Tuesday against prosecutors Geoffrey Obiri and Oliver Mureithi. The organizations accused the two prosecutors of mishandling the Arror and Kimwarer dams case, seeking accountability for their reckless dereliction of duty. In early December, an [...]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres officially closed Saturday an international tribunal established to probe the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The Secretary-General’s spokesperson acknowledged the Special Tribunal’s closure of the Special Tribunal and emphasized that three individuals were found guilty in connection with the assassination in absentia proceedings and sentenced to five [...]

The Albanian Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crimes ordered house arrest for former Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party Sali Berisha on Saturday, following charges of “passive corruption.” The decision was made under Article 237 of the Criminal Code. It comes as a replacement for a previous order that [...]

A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied former US President Donald Trump’s motion to stay the defamation case against him, brought by author E. Jean Carroll, while the US Supreme Court considers his immunity claim. Trump also sought to stay the case to consider other appellate options. The [...]

Albania’s Parliament voted to lift immunity of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Thursday following his indictment on corruption charges. The decision comes after prosecutors sought to strip Berisha of his parliamentary immunity because he breached their decision to report regularly while he was under investigation. Albanian prosecutors in the Special Prosecutor’s [...]

The US Supreme Court denied a request from Special Prosecutor Jack Smith to expedite review of former President Donald Trump’s claim of “absolute presidential immunity.” The move comes after Smith asked the court to take up the issue in the 2020 election interference case against Trump on December 11. In a brief order, the court [...]

The High Court of Justice of Suriname upheld on Wednesday a 20-year prison sentence for former President Desi Bouterse in connection with the December 1982 murders of 15 political opponents during his regime. Bouterse, who served as president of the sovereign state from 2010 to 2020, initially rose to power as Suriname’s de facto leader from [...]

“For by wise counsel, thou shalt make thy war.” Proverbs 24:6 Though one might think otherwise, there is no Palestinian state at present, nor has there ever been such a state in the past. Still, once the current Gaza War comes to an end – and whatever the tangible correlates of any war termination agreements [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily enjoined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from cutting Texas’ wire fencing at the US-Mexico border on Tuesday. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, which rejected Texas’ motion for a preliminary injunction. Circuit Judge Stuart [...]