A transgender employee at the US National Security Agency (NSA) sued the Trump administration on Monday, alleging discrimination on the basis of gender identity. Sarah O’Neill, a data scientist at the agency, filed a complaint in the District Court for the District of Maryland against William Hartman, acting director of the NSA. The complaint asserts [...]

United Nations experts on Tuesday urged Iran to immediately stop the execution of Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old electrical engineer detained at Lakan Prison in Rasht. In their statement, the UN experts detailed severe procedural violations, including arrest without a warrant, prolonged solitary confinement, a trial lasting less than ten minutes via video conference, and [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on torture raised concerns on Wednesday about the detention conditions of Bushra Bibi Khan, the wife of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan. The statement urged Pakistani authorities to take immediate measures to improve Bushra Khan’s situation and to comply with international human rights standards. Special Rapporteur Alice Jill Edwards noted [...]

Belgium filed Tuesday a declaration of intervention to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case against Israel in relation to the situation in the Gaza Strip. In the declaration, Belgium expressed its understanding of the term “genocidal intent” contained in the Genocide Convention. Citing a previous ICJ provisional measure order in the case [...]

UN experts and rights organizations on Tuesday raised alarm over coordinated attacks on journalists, media outlets and cultural institutions in Bangladesh following the assassination of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, describing the violence as a serious threat to freedom of expression and democratic participation ahead of the February 2026 parliamentary elections. Hadi, 32, a key [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago. In an unsigned order, the court rejected the administration’s petition to overturn a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued in October by Judge April Perry of the Northern District of Illinois. Perry wrote that there is “no [...]

A US federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to provide due process to Venezuelan migrants who have been removed from the US and flown to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador. Judge James Boasberg of the District Court for the District of Columbia concluded that President Donald Trump’s administration’s deportation of [...]

The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Monday rejected former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak’s bid to serve the remainder of his graft sentence under house arrest. The case centered on the validity of a supplementary order issued by former king Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. The order allowed Najib to serve the remainder of [...]

Chinese officials on Monday condemned the US seizure of oil tankers headed from Venezuela to the People’s Republic of China, calling the acts a “serious violation of international law.” “Venezuela has the right to independently develop mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press conference. Jian stated that [...]