The UN Human Rights Office on Friday urged Sri Lankan authorities to conduct a prompt, independent, and transparent investigation into recent incidents of prison violence following deadly clashes and allegations of torture involving transferred inmates. UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani called for accountability after violence erupted at Negombo Prison on July 5, leaving [...]

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New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez has publicly released a letter to Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche Thursday accusing the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of withholding unredacted copies of documents that are pertinent to New Mexico’s investigation of Zorro Ranch, which was owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. New Mexico reopened its [...]

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Maryland and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown on Thursday, alleging that the state’s Community Trust Act obstructs federal immigration enforcement in violation of the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the District of Maryland, asks the [...]

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A UN expert on Wednesday called on the French government to throw out a bill that operates on the presumption that police officers who utilize firearms are acting within the scope of their duties unless evidence proves otherwise, a decision that could legitimize and normalize violence against civilians. In commenting on the potential consequences if [...]

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President Donald Trump said Friday he will refuse to sign a bipartisan housing bill that cleared Congress by veto-proof margins, escalating a standoff over an unrelated voting measure and testing the limits of a president’s power to block legislation lawmakers have already approved. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he would withhold his [...]

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Civilians in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Kherson region are experiencing a humanitarian crisis and cannot safely evacuate, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Thursday. HRW stated: “Russian and Ukrainian forces should immediately cease using antipersonnel mines…and take all feasible measures to protect civilians from mines…including by issuing effective warnings, sharing information about contaminated areas, and providing mine [...]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) employed excessive force against demonstrators protesting a proposed constitutional reform that could extend President Félix Tshisekedi’s term. HRW stated that security officials used batons and tear gas canisters against protesters to prevent a sit-in in front of [...]

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that her government plans to file criminal complaints in the United States against the US Department of Justice (DoJ) over the deaths of Mexican citizens while in immigration custody or during anti-immigration operations.  Since US President Donald Trump launched the current immigration crackdown, at least 14 Mexican nationals [...]

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Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared prison time on Wednesday when she was sentenced to pay a $5,000 fine for purportedly obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the courthouse arrest of an undocumented immigrant. US District Judge Lynn Adelman indicated that prison time was unnecessary and instead ordered the fine, conveying that [...]

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