Tag: justice
Dissident Oleg Orlov, sentenced to 30 months in prison, compares Russian justice to Nazi Germany
At 71 and behind bars, the great figure of Russian dissidence Oleg Orlov appeared in court by videoconference on Thursday for his opposition to the conflict in Ukraine. Despite the…
Political activist Guy Hervé Kam has been released on conditions
In Burkina Faso, lawyer and politician Guy-Hervé Kam returned home on the evening of Wednesday, July 10. His release had been pronounced last Monday by the Investigation Control Chamber of…
Russia announces ban on English- and Russian-language media outlet ‘Moscow Times’
Russian media The Moscow Times has been classified as “ undesirable ” in Russia, and therefore banned, the country’s prosecutor general’s office said on Wednesday, July 10. Launched in 1992…
Left-wing figures threatened with death on far-right website
This is the second time in a week that the French far-right website Réseau Libre has broadcast death threats. After a list of one hundred lawyers ” to eliminate “,…
Former First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy indicted and placed under judicial supervision
After her husband in October, it is Carla Bruni-Sarkozy’s turn. The former French first lady was indicted on Tuesday, July 9, in the investigations in Paris into the 2020 retraction…
Marine Le Pen’s 2022 campaign targeted by investigation for suspected illegal financing
New setback for Marine Le Pen: the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed on Tuesday, July 9, that an investigation was underway targeting the 2022 presidential campaign of the historic figure of…
Anne Lauvergeon indicted again in the case of the acquisition of Uramin by Areva
Former Areva boss Anne Lauvergeon was indicted on May 16 for the offense of obstruction in the accounting section of the legal case on the 2007 acquisition of the mining…
Two players accused of sexual assault and arrested in Argentina
The French XV’s South American tour is going badly: after Melvyn Jaminet’s racist blunder, two new players from the Blues are the subject of a complaint for sexual assault and…
Boeing reaches settlement with Justice Department, avoids trial
In the United States, Boeing has avoided a criminal trial. The aircraft manufacturer, implicated in two 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019, which killed a…
Prosecutors appeal acquittal of 28 defendants in Panama Papers case
The Panamanian prosecutor’s office announced on Friday, July 5, that it is appealing the acquittal handed down a week ago to twenty-eight defendants accused of money laundering in the “Panama…