In a ruling released Thursday, US District Judge Carl Nichols denied requests to block President Trump’s executive order placing restrictions on the guidelines for voting by mail. The decision, delivered by Trump-appointed Judge Nichols, acknowledges that the plaintiffs, seeking preliminary injunctive relief, may renew their claims in the future only if they can demonstrate that [...]

Human Rights Watch welcomed Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty on Wednesday. The group described it as a positive development in addressing the severe humanitarian and social crises caused by the existence of anti-personnel landmines, especially during armed conflict. Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty, which was formally ratified in 1999, forbids the [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 on Wednesday, expanding the state’s election security protections by restricting unauthorized law enforcement access to polling places, banning military personnel from voting locations, and making it a felony to seize voted ballots ahead of the June 2 statewide primary election. The bill, authored by state Senator Sabrina [...]

Former president Joe Biden on Tuesday filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to block the US Department of Justice (DOJ) from releasing audio recordings and transcripts of private interviews he gave to a memoir ghostwriter that were obtained during a special counsel investigation into his handling of classified [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday reported that occupying Russian authorities are unlawfully seizing civilian property belonging to occupied Ukrainians in violation of international law, which prohibits the unlawful confiscation of private property unless strictly justified by military necessity. HRW analyzed around 8,000 cases involving property seizures filed between March 2024 and January 2026 in [...]

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said Tuesday that the federal lawful access bill requires further amendments to strengthen privacy protections for Canadians despite the government’s previous efforts. If enacted, Bill C-22 would authorize law enforcement officers to obtain subscriber information from electronic service providers for criminal investigations. Dufresne urged Parliament to limit the bill’s definition [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday released a report alleging that tea workers on private estates in Sri Lanka are being subjected to conditions that “may amount to forced labour,” calling on the government to launch immediate criminal investigations and targeted inspections. The report, “Abandoned by the State, Trapped in Private Estates,” is based on interviews with [...]

In a detailed report released on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Trump administration of deporting almost 13,000 third-country nationals between January 2025 and March 2026 without due process or access to basic services. The report detailed the experiences of 53 deportees, most of whom fled political repression in Cuba and arrived in the [...]

A company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has hired and transported hundreds of Colombian private military contractors to Sudan to fight for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Monday. The recruitment of Colombian private military contractors further demonstrates the UAE’s role in providing support to [...]