The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found Monday that Israel’s detention of Gazan doctor Hussam Abu Safiya violates international human rights law and called for his immediate release, as his lawyer and rights groups warned his life was in imminent danger. The five-member panel of independent experts, which operates as a special procedure of [...]

Meta revealed in a court filing Monday that state attorneys general (AGs) are seeking up to $1.4 trillion in penalties ahead of an August trial over claims that the company knowingly designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to teen users. The staggering figure represents the large share of Meta’s total market capitalization, currently listed [...]

A French appeals court on Tuesday upheld French politician Marine Le Pen’s conviction for embezzling EU funds but reduced her ban on holding elected office. The Paris Court of Appeal sentenced Le Pen to three years of imprisonment, including one year under “at home electronic monitoring” and a €100,000 fine. The ruling also imposed a [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Thai authorities to conduct criminal investigations into allegations that junior conscripts were routinely subjected to cruel and degrading treatment by their seniors by way of hazing, a practice often defended as a way to ‘man up’ recruits but results in lifelong trauma. HRW Asia Director Elaine Pearson commented [...]

Amnesty International on Monday condemned the conviction in Türkiye of peaceful environmental activist Esra Işık. Esther Major, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe recognized the broader impacts of the conviction on the fight to defend the environment, stating: Today’s decision is a devastating blow for Esra Işık and for those engaged in the long [...]

UN agencies warned on Monday that Afghanistan faces one of the world’s biggest displacement crises. This warning was based on a series of overlapping challenges identified in the country’s latest socioeconomic review by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). UNDP chief, Alexander De Croo, said that “In Afghanistan, crises rarely happen one at a time.” In [...]

Having previously argued that the Alaska Supreme Court was right to reject a “good faith” test for ballot access, Professor Mark Brown of Capital University School of Law returns to a new front: a Justice Department threatening prosecution over the very same candidacy. An opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal this week argued that [...]

UN experts on Monday warned that the expulsion of political prisoners from Belarus and subsequent invalidation of their passports may amount to transnational repression, increased statelessness, and human rights violations. Their concerns stem from the December 2025 release of 123 prisoners to Ukraine and Lithuania following negotiations with the United States. Most of these individuals [...]

Leaders of the militant Palestinian group Hamas announced on Monday that it will dissolve its leadership in Gaza, engaging with the terms of the US-brokered peace deal and welcoming a technocratic governing committee. Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades. Dr. Ismail al-Thawabta, the director general of the Government Media Office in [...]