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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario voted on Thursday to exempt records held by ministers from freedom of information (FOI) requests. The amendment is said to have violated the right of Ontario ...

Marwan Barghouti has spent more than two decades behind bars. Born in 1959 in the West Bank village of Kobar, Barghouti rose from student activist to a leading figure in Palestinian political life — ...