Guantanamo military judge rules against evidence “derived from torture”
By Tom Carter An exceptional legal ruling issued from the depths of America’s secretive apparatus of military tribunals has thrown a wrench into the latest government efforts to whitewash the notorious Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) torture program. This ruling—and the depraved and sadistic war crimes that it once again brings to light—underscores
Ukrainian journalists protest army censorship of reporting on the counteroffensive
By Jason Melanovski The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine has appealed to the Armed Forces of Ukraine over its severe restrictions on reporting in combat zones of the country’s stalled NATO-backed counteroffensive. The appeal comes in the wake of a report by French newspaper Le Temps that the Ukrainian government had effectively banned
US federal appeals court abortion pill ruling calls for further restrictions
By Trévon Austin Last Wednesday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that access to the abortion pill, mifepristone, should be further restricted. This most recent attack on the right to abortion is targeted at the most popular method for ending a pregnancy in the United States. Boxes of the drug
Indian court accuses Haryana’s BJP state government of “ethnic cleansing” after it targets Muslims in bulldozer rampage
By Martina Inessa, Kranti Kumara The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the north Indian state of Haryana went on a rampage from August 3 to 6, ordering the bulldozing of more than 1,200 Muslim homes and shops. While the demolitions occurred in many of the state’s towns and villages, they were
Forcing a rape victim to child birth is against ‘constitutional philosophy’, SC holds
By Staff Writer The Supreme Court of India (SC) today (21) held that forcing a rape victims to child birth is against "constitutional philosophy", and allowed the plea of an Adivasi woman to terminate pregnancy after 27 weeks of the foetus. The SC was hearing an urgent appeal from an order from
Leaked inquiry report into aborted Australian #MeToo trial deepens legal crisis
By Cheryl Crisp The leaking of the report from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System held to investigate the conduct of one of the most highly publicised #MeToo rape trials in Australia has intensified, rather than ameliorated, the crisis surrounding the case. The trial
Corruption and criminality of the Supreme Court most right-wing Judge Clarence Thomas exposed
By Patrick Martin An investigative report published Wednesday by Pro Publica outlines the utterly corrupt lifestyle of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The most right-wing of the nine justices, the most consistent advocate of the interests of the super-rich and enemy of democratic rights, has lived like a billionaire throughout his
UK’s withering democratic space
Staff Writer A report, published in early August, by two think-tanks of the United Kingdom details about the withering democratic space of the country for years, under the successive Tories and Labour governments. Titled 'Defending our democratic space: A call to action', the report has been prepared by the Sheila McKechnie
Supreme Court sanctions survey of 400 yr old Mosque to find a Hindu Temple underneath
By Staff Writer A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India, on Friday (4), upheld an Allahabad high court order allowing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct an investigation of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, which had been permitted by the local district court. The bench, including Chief
SC says Gandhi’s conviction affects his right to continue in public life and his electorate’s right to represent their constituency
By Staff Writer Last Friday (4), the Supreme Court of India (SC) suspended Congress Party (CP) leader and former Member of Parliament, Rahul Gandhi's defamation conviction, allowing him to return to parliament and contest national elections next year. Gandhi was convicted in March this year for allegedly having sarcastically quarried why