• Justice Campaigners Discuss Options for Establishing a War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia

    Washington DC – On Wednesday, April 24,2024- a panel of justice campaigners gathered for a discussion on Focus on Liberia to address the pressing issue of establishing a War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia.  The panel, consisting of Ms. Lovetta Tugbeh, Mr. Adama Dempster and Mr. Bernard Goah, engaged in a thought-provoking conversation about []

  • Editorial: The Supreme Court cannot allow homelessness to be a crime

    If you are homeless and have nowhere to go — neither a temporary shelter bed nor a permanent home — can you be fined or, worse, jailed for sleeping on a sidewalk? Or is that cruel and unusual punishment? That’s the question that the Supreme Court wrestled with Monday when it heard oral arguments in the case of Grants Pass vs. Johnson regarding the Oregon city's ordinance allowing police to fine or jail homeless people for sleeping outside. A federal district court ruled that the law violated the...

  • Will the Supreme Court make homelessness a crime?

    Helen Cruz has been a resident of Grants Pass, Oregon, for roughly four decades, but for the last five of those years, she’s had no home in which to live. She’s not alone. Her small mountain town with a population of 39,189 provides no public homeless shelters. She is among up to 600 people experiencing […]

  • Palace orders agencies’ support for crime prevention

    President Marcos has ordered all government entities and encouraged local governments to support the implementation of the 2024 National Crime Prevention Program (NCPP), which seeks to provide strategies to keep communities safe, protect the rights of Filipinos and reduce crimes in the country.

  • What will happen if the ICC charges Netanyahu with war crimes?

    The Israeli prime minister has good reason to worry, and the defenses he has offered so far are unlikely to help himThe Israeli government believes that the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague is about to file war crimes charges against Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials. We can’t know for sure – the ICC has kept its plans close to the vest – but the Israeli prime minister has good reason to worry, and the defenses he has offered so far are unlikely to help him.The...

  • Reader's View: Israel, Hamas both committing war crimes

    Let us condemn all such atrocious violence as we strive to bring an end to the fighting and devastation in Gaza.

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    Appeals court overturns Weinstein sex crimes conviction

    Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has had his conviction for sex crimes in New York overturned. The New York Court of Appeals ruled Weinstein did not receive a fair trial. The

  • IOM supports women’s economic empowerment in Afghanistan

    Shafaqna English- The International Organization of Migration (IOM) has created over 2,200 job opportunities in Afghanistan, including 1,103 specifically for women, in less than four months. Several businesswomen call on aid organizations to support female entrepreneurs and businesswomen in the country. Zahra Sadat Hossaini, who was previously employed at a

  • Liberia: Illicit Miner Sues Villagers For Exposing His Own Crimes

    VAMBO, Grand Bassa County – The allegations in Lee Clutz’ lawsuit against villagers in Togar Town and Pastor Town are grave: armed robbery and terroristic threat. By Emmanuel Sherman and Charles Gbayor, with The DayLight The lawsuit alleges locals terrorized Clutz’ mineworkers with firearms and destroyed his properties, documents of the St. John River City []

  • Budget clouded by global wars and weak economic growth

    Fog blanketing the Australian economy is unlikely to lift this year, with a weak growth outlook and volatile global conditions setting a complex scene for the federal budget. Australia’s economic growth is expected to rise 1.5 per cent in 2024 and two per cent in 2025, the International Monetary Fund said in its latest global […]

  • Liberia: Nimba County Educational Stakeholders Seeking Budgetary Support

    GANTA, Nimba County – Over twenty educational stakeholders in Nimba County have concluded a day-long gathering in Ganta, Nimba County. The gathering brought together educational stakeholders representing various groups and structures in Nimba County, including, but not limited to, the Nimba County Student Union, the Principal Association of the Nimba County school system, the Parent-Teacher []

  • ICC urged to delay possible war crimes charges against Israel and Hamas

    G7 diplomats argue any move now in investigation launched in 2021 could disrupt current ceasefire talksDiplomats from the G7 industrialised nations have urged officials at the international criminal court not to announce war crimes charges against Israel or Hamas officials, amid concerns that such a move could disrupt the chances of a breakthrough in ceasefire talks.Israeli politicians including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have suggested that the ICC could press charges imminently...