Following a months-long blockade that culminated in violent attacks by Azerbaijani forces, the government of the predominantly ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh announced Thursday it would disband, effective immediately. “The Republic of... Read more »
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 states sued Amazon on Tuesday for anticompetitive conduct that, they claim, has helped it maintain its “monopoly power” in the online superstore market and... Read more »
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous called for the UN Security Council (UNSC) to intervene on Tuesday in Afghan women’s rights crisis. In a speech before the council, Bahous noted the deterioration... Read more »
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than 20 bills into law concerning guns on Tuesday. The new laws cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to, an increase in taxes,... Read more »
The Constitutional Court of South Korea on Tuesday struck down a provision of the Law on the Development of Inter-Korean Relations which prohibits the distribution of leaflets in North Korea and imposes... Read more »
The West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced the head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association Ronson Chan to five days in jail, according to the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP). As... Read more »
The US Supreme Court Tuesday denied Alabama’s appeal of a court order prohibiting elections with gerrymandered congressional maps. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has battled claims that Alabama’s state congressional were... Read more »
Imprisoned Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza was transferred to a maximum security prison in Siberia and placed in a tiny “punishment cell,” his lawyer Vadim Prokhorov said in a Sunday Facebook post.... Read more »
Denis Pushilin, the Russian-backed leader of the Donetsk region, which is widely recognized as Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, issued a decree on Sunday implementing public activity restrictions. In the decree, Pushilin... Read more »
Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them... Read more »