Representative Image (Ai) Martha Karua, a lawyer and presidential candidate in Kenya, said Sunday she had been expelled from Tanzania, where she had been due to attend the trial of a prominent opposition figure facing treason charges.Karua, a former justice minister who has been vocal about “democratic backsliding” in East Africa, said her deportation was […]
Representative Image (Ai) Martha Karua, a lawyer and presidential candidate in Kenya, said Sunday she had been expelled from Tanzania, where she had been due to attend the trial of a prominent opposition figure facing treason charges.Karua, a former justice minister who has been vocal about “democratic backsliding” in East Africa, said her deportation was […]
Luigi Mangione and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (Picture credit: Agencies) Karen Friedman Agnifilo, wife of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lead attorney Marc Agnifilo, was seen conferring with members of the music mogul’s defence team during a break in court proceedings on Thursday.Among those she spoke to was defence attorney Anna Estevao, who has been spearheading the cross-examination […]
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova was detained in February The Trump administration is seeking to deport a Harvard scientist to her home country of Russia, which she fled fearing political persecution, her lawyer told AFP Wednesday.Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in February upon returning to […]
Mahendra Patel’s bond hearing is scheduled tomorrow – after he spent over 40 days in Georgia jail. Mahendra Patel, the 56-year-old Indian-American engineer, who was arrested on charges of attempted kidnapping, has spent 43 days behind bar. As his bail hearing is set for Tuesday, May 6, his lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant claimed that he was […]
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly shared sensitive information about American military operations in Yemen in a second private Signal group, this time with close personal contacts including his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, The New York Times reported Sunday.The group chat, reportedly created by Hegseth in January before his confirmation as defense secretary, included […]
A town hall event on CNN featuring Senator Bernie Sanders took an unexpected turn when anchor Anderson Cooper introduced a civil rights attorney using “incorrect” pronouns. Cooper said, “I want to introduce Grace Thomas. She is a local civil rights attorney. She is a Democrat, right?” Thomas politely corrected him, saying, “They/them pronouns, actually. Thank […]
File photo: Prince Harry (Picture credit: AP) Prince Harry returned to London’s Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday to appeal the UK government’s 2020 decision to downgrade his security detail after stepping down as a senior working royal.Describing the move as “unjustified” and dangerous, the Duke of Sussex argued he had been “singled out for […]
Sentebale chairperson Sophie Chandauka said she was asked to defend Meghan Markle from negative publicity. A Zimbabwean corporate finance lawyer, Sophie Chandauka, who heads the African charity that was co-founded by Prince Harry, has accused the royal of “harassment and bullying at scale” after Prince Harry and others involved in the charity quit this week. […]
Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American civil liberties union (ACLU), is set to make history this week as the first known transgender lawyer to argue before the US Supreme Court, with just a 15-minute argument.Strangio, 42, will present his case in United States v Skrmetti, a high-profile dispute over Tennessee’s controversial ban on gender-affirming […]
