Authorities in Malaysia have opened an investigation into a local man on Wednesday for expressing support for diplomatic relations with Israel during an interview with an Israeli media personality. The Royal Malaysian Police confirmed in a statement that 36-year-old Victor Yong has been taken into custody to aid in their probe under Section 4(1) of [...]
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Scotland considers bill to incorporate UN human rights treaties into law
The Scottish government began a consultation on Thursday to enshrine four core UN treaties into domestic law for the first time. The legislation is titled the Human Rights Bill, and seeks to incorporate the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination [...]
Range v. AG and the Shifting Unconstitutionality of Gun Regulation in the US
On June 6, 2023, an en banc panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), the “felon in possession of a firearm” statute, is unconstitutional as applied to one individual, Bryan Range. While the decision purports to be “a narrow one” the rationale that underpins the [...]
Following the election of a new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the international community is questioning the US sanction’s validity against the ICC. In fact, Mr. Karim Khan from the United Kingdom was elected on February 12, 2021, as the next ICC Prosecutor, and he will take office, replacing Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of [...]
Danger and "Officer Safety" Shape Police Socialization, Practice and Policy
In the weeks since Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd in Minneapolis, protests have spread across the United States. An endless stream of online videos shows officers pushing, beating, pepper spraying, tear gassing, and shooting “less lethal” munitions at protestors and journalists, alike. These displays of police violence, like the murder of Floyd, are horrifying. But [...]
Supreme Court grants last minute stay of execution to Texas inmate
The US Supreme Court stayed the execution of Texas inmate Ruben Gutierrez Tuesday. The order came only an hour before the execution was scheduled to take place and was granted in response to Gutierrez’s argument that his First Amendment rights were violated by the state’s refusal to grant his request to have a Christian chaplain [...]
Federal judge grants stay of execution for Texas death row inmate
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate who was scheduled to die next week. Gutierrez has continually maintained his innocence in the 1998 murder of Escolastica Harrison when Gutierrez was 20. Harrison reportedly did [...]
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Massachusetts' top court on Friday ruled against Exxon's request to ban the state's attorney general from investigating whether the oil conglomerate knew of the effect fossil fuels have on...
A Malaysian federal court on Wednesday rejected a final appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to set aside his sodomy conviction. Anwar was convicted of sodomy in 2014 and sentenced to a five-year jail term. This...
The Libya Conflict developed from long-standing sectarian rivalries in the country, which resulted in an armed clash between autocrat Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's supporters and those seeking to oust him from power. In a bid to end the unrest, Gaddafi's son,...