Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Courts and Justice

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

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…

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…

2 March, 2021

GERMANY/SYRIA TRIAL

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

24 February, 2021