Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

Courts and Justice

Nazanin’s trial

In the second case which was first brought to Nazenin on September 2020, the Court of Revolution (or Revolutionary Tribunal) has accused her of acts…

14 March, 2021

Maradona’s death

A panel of 20 experts began a debate Monday into the cause of Maradona’s death to determine if there was negligence on the part of…

11 March, 2021

Puigdemont immunity

The MEPs, who have been in self-imposed exile, now risk being sent back to Spain to face trial and potentially imprisonment over the organisation of…

10 March, 2021

Lula’s trial

Supreme Court Justice Kassio Nunes Marques requested to review the case records and the vote was suspended.

10 March, 2021

G. Floyd jury selection

The jury selection process is expected to take three weeks. Opening arguments will begin no earlier than March 29 in the Chauvin trial (Hennepin County,…

9 March, 2021

Senegal/ Opposition leader

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been indicted and released on bail Monday under judicial supervision as he faces a rape accusation. He’s at his home…

9 March, 2021

Nigeria’s Shia leader Ibrahim Yaqoub El Zakzaky

The trial of Nigeria’s Shia leader Ibrahim Yaqoub El Zakzaky and his wife Malam Zeenat Ibrahim to resume in the northwestern city of Kaduna.

8 March, 2021

Malawi/Preacher extradition

Bushiri, a millionaire and self-proclaimed prophet, runs churches from Ghana to South Africa and has drawn crowds of 90,000+ to his open-air gatherings.  He and…

8 March, 2021

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…

8 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…

4 March, 2021