Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Courts and Justice

The legal dispute between Warsaw and Brussels

If the Polish verdict gives precedence to local law, it will undermine the EU’s joint justice system.

Published on: 31 August, 2021

Poland vs. EU rule of law

The court agreed to examine the matter at the request of Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki after the EU’s Court of Justice ruled that EU law ..

Published on: 3 August, 2021

Calvey verdict

Business leaders criticized his arrest, calling it a corrupt attempt by Calvey’s opponents in the dispute to use law enforcement to pressure him.

Published on: 2 August, 2021

George Floyd murder

Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, a Black man, was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison Friday. Chauvin, ..

Published on: 27 June, 2021

Why has Spain released Catalan separatist leaders from jail?

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pardons politicians and activists jailed for the 2017 secession referendum.

Published on: 24 June, 2021

San Suu Kyi trial

The charges against her include illegally importing handheld radios, breaking COVID-19 protocols, and illegally accepting gold and payments of about $600,000.

Published on: 14 June, 2021

‘No gleaming success’: Special Tribunal for Lebanon to close because of funding shortage

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), established to try those who carried out the 2005 attack which killed former prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, ..

Published on: 13 June, 2021