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Chadian Wakit Tama trial
Security forces used excessive force during Wakit Tama’s protest.
Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court
Human rights activists hope that this court will be a crucial instrument to end impunity.
Surveillance database in Kenya
Kenyan activists are bringing to the High Court a lawsuit against the Kenyan Communication Authority, saying it is unconstitutional, and the government is using mobile…
‘Hotel Rwanda’ & Paul Rusesabagina’s trial
Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives during the 1994 genocide inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, was sentenced to 25 years…
Cheng Lei’s trial in China
Cheng Lei, a former high-profile anchor for the Chinese government’s English-language broadcaster CGTN, is facing accusations of providing state secrets or intelligence to foreigners or…
China denies that the new law impinges on human rights in Hong Kong
Under the Basic Law – Hong Kong’s mini-constitution – senior judges from common law jurisdictions are able to sit as non-permanent members of the Court…
Salah Abdeslam’s trial
Fourteen of the defendants will be present for the trial, including Abdeslam, the only surviving attacker.
Alberto Fujimori to be released
The decision restored a humanitarian pardon granted to Fujimori on Christmas Eve in 2017 by then-President Pablo Kuczynski.
U.S. Supreme Court/Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination
President Joe Biden has nominated Jackson to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer who is expected to depart the Court in late June.
Breonna Taylor trial
Hankinson is not charged in Taylor’s shooting death but is standing trial on three lower-level felony charges for allegedly firing his service weapon wildly into…
Assam-police brutality claims
Assam’s main opposition party claims that a majority of those killed by police were from ethnic and religious minorities.
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