trials

February 26, 2019

ACLU challenges Pennsylvania over funding disparities in capital case trials

Pennsylvania is the only statethat fails to provide any state funding towards the representation of defendants who are too poor to pay for private attorneys. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania have therefore filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the state Supreme Court to hold Pennsylvania’s capital punishment system in violation of the state constitution.
July 21, 2018

Report on voter ID trials leaves huge questions unanswered, says ERS

The Electoral Commission says there is not yet enough evidence to fully address concerns about the impact of ID requirements on voters.
June 7, 2018

Poll shows voter ID is low on list of voters' concerns

The public say the ‘need’ for voter ID – as trialled by the government in five areas during May – should be the least of Britain’s concerns when it comes to democracy, according to polling by BMG Research.
April 28, 2018

Free and fair franchise at risk from voter ID plans, says Electoral Reform Society

The Electoral Reform Society has published the first extensive analysis of the voter ID trials taking place in five areas next week. It sets out the details of the trials and the dangers the scheme poses to a free and fair ballot.
April 3, 2018

Bahrain's interior minister threatens online crackdown

Bahrain’s interior minister has threatened to crackdown on dissidents and activists who criticise the government online.
January 23, 2018

New trials shake Algeria's Ahmadi minority

Algerian authorities have stepped up trials of members of the Ahmadiyya religious minority on charges related to the exercise of their religion, Human Rights Watch has said.
January 23, 2018

Glass boxes in French courts 'aggravate presumption of guilt'

The French Ministry of Justice's decision to install glass boxes in courtrooms all over the country has triggered protests and legal action from defence lawyers.
January 22, 2018

‘Cart before horse approach’ to court closures challenged by Law Society

The number of magistrates’ and county courts facing closure is set to increase after the government unveiled a fresh round of proposed closures as part of its ongoing modernisation programme.
January 10, 2018

Trials begin for peace activists arrested at arms fair

Over the coming weeks and months 43 peace activists will go on trial for peacefully protesting against an arms fair in London which welcomed delegations from repressive regimes.
September 1, 2015

New guilty verdicts against Al Jazeera journalists 'a mockery of justice'

The guilty verdicts handed down to three Al Jazeera journalists are an affront to justice which sounds the death knell for freedom of expression in Egypt, says Amnesty.