A Muslim student from the UK has lost a court battle against her London school that banned prayer on campus. The judge ruled that the student had accepted the school’s secular nature and strict rules upon enrollment. The school said that accommodating
Uganda’s Constitutional Court has upheld an anti-gay law allowing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” The law, supported by many in Uganda but condemned abroad, was challenged by activists in court. Homosexuality is criminalized in more than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries.
Shamima Begum, who traveled to Syria as a teen to join the Islamic State group, has lost her appeal against the British government’s decision to revoke her U.K. citizenship. Begum, now 24, fled London at 15 to marry an IS fighter in
A top court in St. Vincent and the Grenadines upheld laws on Friday that criminalize gay sex, a blow to activists who have long decried the violence the LGBTQ+ community has faced on the conservative Caribbean archipelago. The ruling by St. Vincent’s
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s highest court on Friday upheld a ban on running for office that the socialist-led government placed on Maria Corina Machado, a longtime government foe and the candidate of an opposition faction backed by the United States. Machado,
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s constitutional court upheld Tuesday the results of last month’s presidential election. Incumbent Felix Tshisekedi’s controversial victory was once again confirmed as the court rejected a petition by a challenger to annul the vote. About 18 million
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday upheld two earlier rulings that supported the granting of subsidized housing benefits to same-sex couples, in another victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The decision rejected appeals by the Housing Authority of the earlier rulings, which
A French court Tuesday upheld the freezing of the assets of Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor, rejecting his appeal to have them released, an official close to the investigation said. Several European countries are investigating central bank Gov. Riad Salameh and his
Spain’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the 135-year prison sentence of a British teacher and nanny who created and distributed pornography of children in his care after changing his name and country following previous convictions. Ben David Rose legally changed his identity
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a ruling that the “gratuitous” public display of the country’s old apartheid-era flag amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination and can be prosecuted. The Supreme Court didn’t, however, give a ruling on