In Kenya, thousands of prisoners are appearing before courts without legal representation, with no one to protect and defend their rights. It has become its own kind of epidemic. Kenya currently ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that it will resume the federal use of capital punishment and that it is seeking death sentences against 44 defendants.  DOJ also said that it ...

Turkish lawmakers approved a bill Thursday restricting access to social media platforms for children under 15, according to state media. The bill, adopted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly, ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday warned that a new bill before Uganda's parliament could be used to shut down civil society and has compared it to a similar Russian foreign agents law. HRW warns ...

Eldin, of all charges, which is expected to end a 52-day detention that has drawn international concern about press freedom and expanding ...

El Salvador's Fiscalia General de la Republica (Prosecutor General of the Republic) opened an unprecedented mass trial Monday ...

Griffins is a Kenya School of Law student based in Kisumu, where he reports on legal, policy, and human rights developments in Kenya for JURIST. On 24th April 2026, Kenya’s Court of Appeal sitting ...

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is closing ...

Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday urged the US and Iran to return to peace negotiations amid rising tensions in the ongoing war, calling for a new “culture of peace” to replace the default recourse to ...

Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School.  The US Supreme ...

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it will audit the DOJ’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA). According to ...