A US federal appellate court upheld a lower court decision on Monday, finding that President Donald Trump’s administration’s “sweeping” suspension of funding for administrative agencies in 2025 was likely unlawful. In the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit opinion, authored by Chief Judge David J. Barron, the court blocked the vast suspension of [...]

January 2026 marks the end of British Columbia’s three-year pilot program to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs, a move intended to address the west coast Canadian province’s worsening toxic drug crisis. The policy was meant to remove the stigma attached to drug-related crimes and encourage people who use drugs (PWUD) to seek assistance [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published findings Thursday that Yemeni government-aligned forces appeared to have used excessive force and arbitrarily detained protestors in February. HRW’s investigation focused on protests in three Yemen governorates (administrative divisions): Aden, Shabwa, and Hadramout. In clashes with protestors in Aden and Shabwa, government forces allegedly killed at least six people and [...]

The UN stated on Monday that there is still hope to improve the situation in Haiti and restore national security amid shifting gang frontlines, emphasizing the UN commitment to monitor human rights and support authorities in combating gang violence. The statement followed the liberation of territory from gangs through heightened police presence, indicating progress in [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Monday granted the government’s motion to stay a lower court order, pending appeal, which prohibited the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from removing migrants to third countries. The court did not explain its order, stating only that “Defendants’ emergency motion for stay pending appeal is [...]

Do you approve the text of the law revising Articles 87, paragraph 10, 102, paragraph 1, 104, 105, 106, paragraph 3, 107, paragraph 1, and 110 of the Constitution, approved by Parliament and published in the Official Gazette no. 253 of 30 October 2025 under the title ‘Provisions Governing the Judicial System and the Establishment [...]

A scientist, whether theorist or experimenter, puts forward statements or systems of statements, and tests them step by step. Karl R. Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1959) In the many-sided conflict now underway against Iran (i.e., simultaneous and complementary operations led by the United States and Israel), little concern has been expressed for a [...]

Myanmar’s parliament convened for the first time in five years Monday, marking a formal restoration of legislative proceedings in the country following widely contested national elections held by the military junta government. The reopening of the legislature has raised important legal questions regarding the constitutional framework of governance, the legality of the elections held under [...]

Ecuador has failed to comply with key provisions of an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) order to protect the Tagaeri and Taromenane Indigenous peoples from oil facilities in Yasuní National Park, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. José Rodríguez Orúe, practitioner-in-residence at HRW, called for the immediate halt to drilling activities in the area, stating: [...]