Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions
Wife of Kremlin critic Navalny delivers borsch and cherries in 3-day prison visit
By Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - The wife of jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny stayed with him in a Russian...
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Hong Kong activist singer cleared of ‘corrupt conduct’ charge
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong judge cleared on Thursday singer and pro-democracy activist Anthony Wong...
Read moreSix Sudan paramilitary officers sentenced to death for killings of student protesters
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese court said on Thursday it had sentenced to death six officers in the paramilitary Rapid...
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Amnesty says Nigeria security forces killed at least 115 in southeast this year
LAGOS (Reuters) - Security forces killed at least 115 people in southeast Nigeria this year and arbitrarily arrested or tortured...
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Lebanese prosecutor requests documents from Salameh, source says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese prosecutor asked central bank governor Riad Salameh for documents relating to suspicions of embezzlement, money...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro rages against probe, threatens to act beyond constitution
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday raged against a Supreme Court investigation...
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Lebanese demand justice on port blast anniversary
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's leading Christian cleric said there could be no immunity from prosecution over the catastrophic Beirut port blast...
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As Huawei CFO case enters final weeks, lawyer questions information in U.S. extradition request
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) -Lawyers making a final push to convince a Canadian court not to recommend the extradition...
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Ukraine court returns to state ownership tycoon’s stake in titanium plant
KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukraine court ruled that a titanium and magnesium plant 49% owned by Ukrainian tycoon Dmytro Firtash...
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Interpol Red Notices re-issued for top ex-FARC boss Ivan Marquez, Colombia says
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Three Interpol Red Notices have been reactivated for Ivan Marquez, a former top commander of Colombia's demobilized...
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Russian court rejects appeal against ‘extremist’ label for Navalny groups – lawyers
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's lawyers against a decision...
Read moreKidnappers in Nigeria demand ransom to release 80 schoolchildren
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of one million naira each to release around 80 children snatched...
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U.S. voices concern at Tanzania’s arrest of opposition politician
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A senior U.S. government official expressed concern on Wednesday over the arrest and imprisonment of...
Read moreGeorgian police search for killer of Australian woman
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian police said on Wednesday they were searching for the killer of an Australian woman whose body...
Read moreIran sentences two dual nationals to over 10 years in prison each -lawyer
DUBAI (Reuters) -An Iranian Revolutionary Court has sentenced two dual nationals, German-Iranian Nahid Taghavi and British-Iranian Mehran Raouf, to more...
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South Africa’s election body to seek delay in local elections
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Electoral Commission will on Wednesday apply to the Constitutional Court for municipal elections to be...
Read moreIndia’s capital orders judicial enquiry after girl, 9, raped and murdered
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The chief minister of India's capital ordered a judge-led enquiry on Wednesday after...
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Maria Kolesnikova, face of Belarus street protests, goes on trial
(Reuters) - Maria Kolesnikova, one of the leaders of mass street protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko last year, went...
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Germany detains Syrian man suspected of grenade attack on civilians at refugee camp near Damascus
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have detained a Syrian man in Berlin suspected of firing a grenade into a crowd...
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Guatemala taps controversial prosecutor to replace fired graft-fighter
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A controversial prosecutor in Guatemala has been tapped to replace an internationally renowned graft-fighter who until...
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