Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Courts and Justice

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 ..

Published on: 22 February, 2022

Assam-police brutality claims

Assam’s main opposition party claims that a majority of those killed by police were from ethnic and religious minorities.

Published on: 21 February, 2022

The Gambia v. Myanmar

Published on: 21 February, 2022

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 ..

Published on: 15 February, 2022

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.

Published on: 14 February, 2022

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 ..

Published on: 19 January, 2022

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.

Published on: 18 January, 2022

Warsaw Constitutional Tribunal Court

Poland has long been at odds with the EU over the rule of law, with Brussels imposing fines on Warsaw as recently as September 7 ..

Published on: 22 September, 2021

Kosovo war crimes trial

The court has been set up to try former KLA members for alleged crimes committed during the Kosovo war from 1998 to 2000.

Published on: 15 September, 2021

France’s national stadium trial

Up to 1,800 witnesses could be heard, including former President Francois Hollande.

Published on: 8 September, 2021

Lafarge can face charges of crimes against humanity

If judges decide Lafarge can face charges of crimes against humanity, it would be the first time that a company in the European Union would ..

Published on: 7 September, 2021