A coalition of nine human rights and press freedom organizations on Monday called on the European Commission to strengthen export controls on digital surveillance technologies to prevent European Union (EU) member states from supplying tools used by governments to violate human rights. In a joint submission to EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš [...]

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday held that the Trump administration’s firing of federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was unconstitutional and in violation of the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA). Under 5 US Code § 7513 of the CSRA, an agency may take action against an employee “only for [...]

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit questioned the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sunday over its emergency demand that California election officials set aside the mail ballots of roughly 20,000 people the government suspects are non-citizens. After a nearly two-hour hearing, the panel took the matter under submission [...]

UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond on Friday called for coordinated global action against color-based discrimination, warning that prejudice linked to skin color continues to restrict persons with albinism from accessing healthcare, education, employment and public life and, in its most extreme forms, exposes them to [...]

Amnesty International on Friday urged Cuban authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Félix Navarro, Sayli Navarro and Roberto Pérez Fonseca, two years after naming them prisoners of conscience. In a public statement issued Friday, the international human rights organization stressed that the three dissidents remain arbitrarily detained solely for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights to [...]

Philippine Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla announced Friday a 50 million Philippine peso reward (approximately $786,000) for information leading to the arrest of fugitive Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity. Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that immigrants who enter the US illegally have no right to a bond hearing to challenge their detention. The hearings consider habeas corpus petitions that force the government to produce a prisoner and justify continued confinement. The petitions also give the prisoner the chance [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday while a federal judge in California had not yet ruled on its request to stop the state from counting mail ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters. The DOJ claims these voters are likely noncitizens; California [...]

24 October 2026: Global Media and Information Literacy Week People worldwide are seeing a vast increase in access to information and communication. While some individuals are flooded with information, others are starved for it. To address this discrepancy, UNESCO observes Global Media and Information Literacy Week. The UN observes Global Media and Information Literacy Week, [...]