Politics ❯ Human Rights

Judicial System

Capital Punishment Death Penalty Fair Trial International Law Political Repression European Court of Human Rights Court Cases Public Interest Litigation Appeals Process Public Executions Political Prisoners Execution Practices Supreme Court Legal Cases Activism Authoritarianism Legal Proceedings Prison Conditions Execution Rates Arbitrary Detention Legal Framework Freedom of Expression Accountability Wrongful Convictions Government Crackdown Military Trials International Cooperation

Judge Refers Senior KC to Presiding Judge Over Possible Contempt

The referral asks another judge to decide whether to open contempt proceedings, which could test how courts police advocates' courtroom speech

Iran Executed at Least 1,639 People in 2025, Highest Reported Since 1989

Yaoundé Military Court Issues 5–10 Year Sentences in Ngarbuh Massacre

Kyrgyz Supreme Court to Weigh Reopening Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy Case on February 2

Swiss Supreme Court Upholds Tariq Ramadan Rape Conviction

Batumi Court Sentences Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli to Two-Year Prison Term

Iran Hangs Abbas Kurkuri Over 2022 Protest Shootings

Iran Executes Pedram Madani for Alleged Mossad Espionage