German parliament on Friday voted to pass a bill that would allow military conscription, following rising tensions between Russia and European Union (EU) states. With 323 votes in support coming from ruling party CDU/CSU and SPD and 272 votes against, the bill introduces a two-stage conscription. If voluntary service does not meet the set quotas, [...]
UN human rights experts on Friday called on Serbia to end attacks and intimidation against journalists and urgently address what is described as a deteriorating environment for media freedom in the country. The experts warned that the pattern of harassment, smear campaigns, physical assaults, doxxing and online threats has become “systemic,” placing Serbian journalists at [...]
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Friday that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in northern Mozambique over the past two weeks as armed groups intensify attacks. According to the OCHA, the total displaced in the last four months is now 330,000. The Office of the United [...]
Human Rights Watch on Thursday condemned Georgia’s new laws stating they effectively criminalize peaceful protest by imposing heavy fines and empowering police to detain protestors. These measures, adopted in late 2024 and enforced throughout 2025, have left citizens vulnerable to detention and financial penalties simply for exercising their right to peaceful assembly. In November 2024, [...]
The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta ruled Friday that the proposed referendum to separate the province of Alberta from Canada contravenes the Constitution Act, 1982, and citizens cannot initiate the referendum under the Citizen Initiative Act (CIA). Justice Colin Feasby clarified that the ruling does not forbid Alberta from holding a separation referendum altogether. [...]
The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide on the principle of birthright citizenship, which holds that all children born on US soil are American citizens. The principle of birthright citizenship is rooted in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and US President Donald Trump has called upon the court to [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday stated that armed groups in Colombia’s southern state of Putumayo have committed gross human rights violations against innocent civilians, with the abuses disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities. HRW Americas director Juanita Goebertus stated: “Armed groups in Putumayo are using the peace talks as an opportunity to tighten their control over [...]
The parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory of Denmark, narrowly voted on Wednesday to reform its decades-old abortion law, approving access to abortion “on request” up to the end of the twelfth week of pregnancy. The legislative change, passed by a razor-thin margin of 17 votes to 16, marks a historic shift for [...]
Editor’s note: This is Day 2 of JURIST’s coverage of Mangione’s suppression hearings. Read Day 1 here. On day two of the suppression hearings in the New York state case against Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, CEO of medical insurance company UnitedHealthcare, in December 2024, prosecutors devoted the day to a single [...]
On November 5, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections Inc., two consolidated cases challenging President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs imposed on China, Mexico, Canada and other countries. The plaintiffs argue, and the lower courts agreed, that the president’s use of the International [...]
