Courts and Justice

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.

Chile new constitution articles
Each article has to be approved by two-thirds of the convention to be included in the draft of the new constitution. About 75% of convention ..

Aung San Suu Kyi election fraud trial
Widespread demonstrations followed the army takeover, but protests were put down with lethal force as 1,500 civilians were killed since the coup.

Cambodia: Opposition leader trial
Kem Sokha, 68, is in political limbo awaiting the resumption of a trial that has been put off in what analysts say is a government ..

Nigerian separatist leader trial
Kanu was detained on June 27 last year in Kenya and brought back to Abuja, where he is currently being held.