A group of leading Russian lawyers on Tuesday asked the country’s highest court to declare unconstitutional a law banning criticism of the armed forces, in a rare display of opposition to the draconian censorship imposed by the Kremlin in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. The complaint, filed by three lawyers and supported by […]
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Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister Who Urged Delay in Court Overhaul
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Sunday fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, setting off raucous late-night protests, a day after Mr. Gallant became the first member of his cabinet to call for a halt to the government’s contentious plan to weaken the country’s judiciary. Announced in a one-line statement by the prime minister’s […]
Imran Khan Makes Court Appearance and Chaos Breaks Out
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan appeared at court on corruption charges on Saturday in Islamabad, the capital, in the latest turn of a standoff between his supporters and the authorities that had led to chaotic scenes of tear gas and clashing security lines outside his home earlier in the week. That showdown continued […]
Court in Italy to Rule on Convictions of 2 Americans in Police Officer’s Killing
Italy’s highest court is expected to rule on Wednesday on appeals by two Americans convicted in the killing of an Italian police officer in Rome in July 2019 after a chaotic evening and a small-time drug deal gone wrong, a case that eventually drew international attention. The Americans, Finnegan Elder, 23, and Gabriel Natale Hjorth, […]
Polish Court Convicts Rights Activist of Aiding an Abortion by Providing Pills
Ms. Wydrzynska, who has been an abortion rights activist in Poland for the past 16 years, said in an interview last summer with The Times that she had always been careful to provide only instructions on buying and using abortion medications, and not to provide the pills themselves. But in February 2020, she said in […]
Netanyahu Fires a Top Minister to Comply With a Supreme Court Ruling
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Sunday dismissed a senior minister recently convicted of tax fraud to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified the minister from serving, shaking the right-wing government just weeks after it came to power. By complying with the court’s ruling to remove the minister, Aryeh Deri, Mr. Netanyahu […]
They Won Guantánamo’s Supreme Court Cases. Where Are They Now?
In the frantic aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, hundreds of men captured abroad were sent to the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where they were held without access to lawyers and denied all other rights. In time, the cases of three of the prisoners reached the Supreme Court and made history. Their […]
French Court Convicts 8 of Aiding 2016 Terrorist Attack in Nice
A French court on Tuesday found eight defendants guilty of aiding in the terrorist attack that killed 86 people in the Mediterranean city of Nice in 2016, after a trial that offered some closure to survivors and the bereaved but did little to clarify the motives behind the massacre. Judges convicted the main defendants, Mohamed […]
Russian Court Upholds Brittney Griner’s 9-Year Sentence
Griner, an American basketball star convicted in Russia on drug charges, is expected to be sent to a penal colony after her appeal was rejected.
Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Former Leader, Appears in Court
Mr. Khan, who has made a stunning political comeback since being ousted as prime minister, made his first court appearance since being charged under the country’s antiterrorism act.