Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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Prisoner 345
Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Courts and Justice

George Floyd/Jury selection

Jury selection begins in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the May 25 killing of George Floyd. Chauvin is charged with ..

Published on: 8 March, 2021

South African Chief Justice ordered to apologise for pro-Israel statements

Published on: 6 March, 2021

France/Air France court hearing

The case is brought by family groups who argue that the investigation into Air France / Airbus should never have been dropped. The hearing will ..

Published on: 4 March, 2021

Digital rights in Bangladesh

A bail plea will be heard in Bangladeshi court for another activist and cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore who had criticised the government for handling the ..

Published on: 3 March, 2021

Poland judicial review

The European Court of Justice rules in the case challenging the removal of judicial review for appointments to the Polish Supreme Court. An opinion in ..

Published on: 2 March, 2021

Caster Semenya takes case to European Court of Human Rights

Published on: 1 March, 2021

Human rights groups critical of Begum judgment

Published on: 28 February, 2021

Positive reactions to historic German verdict on Syria

Published on: 25 February, 2021

GERMANY/SYRIA TRIAL

The Verdict in what German prosecutors say is the first criminal trial worldwide concerning torture by the Syrian government.

Published on: 24 February, 2021

LEBANON/PROTESTERS TRIAL

Published on: 24 February, 2021

Former SA President Zuma attacks independence of judiciary

Published on: 22 February, 2021

CAR/ Detention of the rebel commander

The detention comes with the Central African Republic again in turmoil. The central African Republic declared a 15-day state of emergency on January 21 as ..

Published on: 28 January, 2021