Powered by LawFuel - University of Auckland - Points of law arising from the 2017 Court of Appeal decision in Ngaronoa v Attorney-General, which challenged the decision to bar all prisoners from voting in parliamentary elections, set the scene for this year’s Māori Issues Moot, held earlier this month. Nineteen students from Auckland Law School took part in debating whether … [Read more...]
Iranian Lawyer & Human Rights Activist Freed
Reuters report that the Iranian lawyer and humans rights activist who had been imprisoned has been freed. Nasrin Sotoudeh had been serving a six-year sentence after being arrested in September 2010 and convicted of spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security. Her husband Reza Khandan told Reuters Sotoudeh was dropped off at their home by prison authorities … [Read more...]
