US Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri case excluding jurors based on religious beliefs – JURIST
The US Supreme Court denied a petition to hear an appeal Tuesday concerning the exclusion of potential jurors based on the jurors’ religious beliefs in a Missouri sex discrimination case. Jean Finney,... Read more »
A previously unknown Greek anarchist group, “Armed Response,” claimed responsibility Monday for a bomb attack against a judge earlier this month. The incident occurred at a courthouse in Thessaloniki, and explosive experts defused... Read more »
Rached Ghannouchi, the Tunisian opposition leader and head of the Ennahda main opposition party, commenced a hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures. Ghannouchi, aged 82, has been incarcerated... Read more »
North Korea announced Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was gifted a Russian-made Aurus limousine by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to state-owned broadcasting service Voice of Korea. Russia handed... Read more »
The US Supreme Court left in place an admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia on Tuesday after the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the... Read more »
The Parliament of Poland constituted an inquiry committee and held its first meeting on Monday to investigate the illegal use of Pegasus, a spyware software, by the members of the last ruling... Read more »
The UN expressed concern Monday over the UK government’s action to make the Rwanda deal operational. The Rwanda deal facilitates the prompt removal of asylum-seekers to Rwanda. The UN High Commissioner for... Read more »
Members of the Brockton School Committee urged the city’s mayor on Friday to ask Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey for National Guard support. Student violence and a high rate of teacher absences instigated... Read more »
Representatives for Palestine called for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order a halt to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory and declare that states have obligations to refrain from supporting the... Read more »
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) declined the request made by the Supreme Court of Estonia to give an advisory opinion in relation to the prohibition of double jeopardy on Monday.... Read more »