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Latin America | Brazil | Law

Dilma Rousseff Was Not Impeached, Legal Scholars Say

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In Brazil, Ms. Rousseff has not yet been impeached, legal scholars say. “In Brazil, the term impeachment is used only after a conviction is made in the trial,” said Daniel Vargas, a law professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro. Now that Brazil’s Senate voted against her on Thursday, Ms. Rousseff will have to step aside during her impeachment trial, which could last for six months. But if she is ultimately absolved, she will not have been impeached, Mr. Vargas said.
Europe | Russia | Crimes

Ukrainian pilot tells court she was smuggled into Russia at gunpoint

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Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, on trial for the murder of two Russian journalists, said Tuesday she was captured by pro-Kremlin separatists and then smuggled into Russia by armed, masked men. "I am a prisoner of war and a hostage who has been abducted," Savchenko told the court in a dramatic speech, saying separatist rebels captured her in eastern Ukraine and told her they would "sell" her to Russia. The 34-year-old military helicopter navigator was testifying for the first time at her high-profile trial in the small border town of Donetsk in southern Russia. The case has made her a nati
International | Law

Amnesty International row: Should prostitution be decriminalised?

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It's not often that a liberal newspaper like The Guardian rails against an organisation like Amnesty International. But last week the paper ran a stinging editorial questioning the wisdom of the human rights group. It said Amnesty would make a "serious mistake" if it advocated the decriminalisation of prostitution - a decision the group's international council will vote on later on Tuesday. It's not just The Guardian that is upset. Several women's groups have got together with a host of big-name actresses - including Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet - to criticise Amnesty af
Europe | U.K. | Culture

UK’s First Female Sharia Judge: ‘We Can’t Ask Muslims Not to Have More than One Wife’

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Britain's first female Sharia law judge has issued a brazen warning that flies in the face of UK law, stating that the "government cannot ask Muslims not to have more than one wife." The news comes on the back of a report by the Times newspaper which claims that Britain is experiencing a "surge" in Sharia marriages, as young British Muslims adopt a more hardline religious stance than their parents.

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