Somalia’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the terms of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the federal parliament have expired, ordering political leaders to agree on an electoral framework within 30 days and hold elections within 90 days. The five-judge panel held that constitutional changes extending presidential and parliamentary terms from four to five years did [...]

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered a stop to construction of President Trump’s “Triumphal Arch” for 14 days. Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) enjoining the National Park Service (NPS) from starting any work on the Arch. She also ordered NPS to inform [...]

The Hong Kong High Court on Thursday sentenced pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to 10 years imprisonment over charges of “conspiring with foreign forces.” Wong has been charged under Article 29(4) of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the National Security Law, or [...]

The Prosecutor General of Paraguay on Thursday ordered the opening of investigations into President Santiago Peña’s role in the collapse of a major digital bank named Ueno Bank, following a complaint filed by the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP). The Attorney General’s Office reported that investigations were launched following a complaint filed by the Minister [...]

On November 3, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy. The case involves Colorado’s universal preschool program, which gives families roughly 15 hours per week of “free” preschool care that is worth roughly $6,000 per child. To be eligible, a preschool must sign an “equal opportunity mandate” [...]

Amnesty International called on Thai authorities Wednesday to prevent the deportation of two Uyghur men to China, warning that their return could expose them to torture, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance. The calls come amid renewed concerns over China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.  The rights group urged Thailand to [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday welcomed the French War Crimes Unit’s opening of a judicial investigation into a deadly Israeli strike on a civilian building in central Beirut in November 2024 as a critical step toward justice, truth, accountability and reparation. France launched the investigation after the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Ali Cherri, [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in the case Guerrero v. Johnson, which contemplates whether an inmate on death row can bring a second round of federal appeals challenging his execution due to an intellectual disability. Dexter Johnson was sentenced to death in 2007 over his role in a 2006 double murder [...]

The UK Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Huda Ammori’s appeal challenging the government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization under the Terrorism Act 2000. Ammori’s case is that Palestine Action is a conscientious protest group aiming to disrupt the supply of weapons to Israel from the UK at a time when [...]