A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and its parent company over an article linking him to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ruling that Trump failed to adequately allege the newspaper acted with “actual malice” when it published the story. US District Judge Darrin P. Gayles The post Federal judge dismisses Trump defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal, grants leave to amend appeared first on JURIST – News.

The UK Metropolitan Police on Saturday arrested 523 people for supporting Palestine Action, a proscribed organization. Those arrested ranged in age from 18 to 87 years old. Hundreds of people gathered in Trafalgar Square on Saturday to peacefully protest the ongoing classification of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization under the UK Terrorism Act 2000. The post UK police arrest over 500 during Palestine Action protest appeared first on JURIST – News.

Human Rights Watch on Friday condemned the Georgian authorities for their expulsion of an Azerbaijani journalist, Afgan Sadigov, to Azerbaijan, exposing him to a credible risk of politically motivated prosecution and ill-treatment. “Georgian authorities returned Sadigov to a country where he faces a real risk of persecution, without properly assessing that risk, and summary proceedings The post HRW condemns Georgia expulsion of Azerbaijan journalist amid persecution risk appeared first on JURIST – News.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called for an urgent, thorough and impartial investigation into the March 20 assassination attempt against Thai lawmaker Kamonsak Leewamoh. Thailand’s Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) has been named as involved in the attack, raising concerns about how impartial the investigation will be. Early on the morning of Friday, March The post Security agency implicated in assassination attempt against Thai lawmaker appeared first on JURIST – News.