US President Donald Trump vowed Friday to sue The Wall Street Journal over a report claiming he wrote a sexual letter to Jeffrey Epstein, adding to his legal battles against major news organizations as his administration faces backlash for closing the Epstein case despite transparency promises. The report, published Thursday, claimed Trump had written a [...]
A Russian military court sentenced a prisoner to an additional 6 years of imprisonment and a 49,000 rubles (approximately $600) fine on the charges of public calls to terrorism and the spread of “war fakes,” according to local media. The charges against the prisoner, a man named Andrey Voronin, are based on his conversations with [...]
Amnesty International denounced on Thursday new legislative amendments in Russia that strengthen the fight against extremism. The organization emphasized that new bills that allow groups to be declared “extremist” without a court decision and penalize searching for or accessing “extremist materials” online pave the way for the ruthless persecution of the opposition and other critics [...]
UN experts on Thursday warned that the Peruvian Congress’ approval of a bill granting amnesty to persons who committed serious human rights violations during the internal armed conflict between 1980 and 2000 is contrary to international law. The UN experts highlighted that individuals who committed grave human rights violations during Peru’s internal armed conflict would [...]
A Russian military court sentenced a defected soldier to 23 years of imprisonment and a fine of 590,000 rubles (approximately $7,500), according to local media. Anton Hozhaev faced charges of performance management of a terrorist organization, treason, legalization of funds obtained by criminal means, and defection. Hozhaev attended military school until he resigned in March [...]
20 US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday with the aim of blocking the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) cut of funding to a specific pre-disaster mitigation program. The lawsuit specifically seeks to preserve the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, a multi-billion-dollar initiative created in 2018 that funds infrastructure projects to [...]
A member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal team allegedly delivered threats to Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), stating that, unless the ICC withdrew arrest warrants for Israeli officials, Khan and the court would be “destroyed,” a news outlet reported Tuesday. British-Israeli lawyer and Nicholas Kaufman allegedly delivered the [...]
Amid soaring child deaths, rising malnutrition, ceaseless bombardments, and a shattered health system, conditions in Gaza have deteriorated to “unspeakable” levels, top UN officials warned the Security Council on Wednesday. Gaza has remained under near constant bombardment by Israeli forces since October 2023, when a terrorist attack coordinated by Hamas killed some 1,200 people in [...]
Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton on Wednesday announced an investigation into Mars, Incorporated (Mars) for deceptive trade practices that allegedly violate the rights of Texas consumers. The investigation centers on two allegations against Mars, a large multinational manufacturer most known for its brands of candy like M&M’s, Skittles and Snickers. First, Mars publicly announced [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered a speech on Wednesday urging UN member states to invest more effort in addressing the gender gap in sports and promoting the rights of women athletes. In his speech, Türk highlighted that despite increasing global attention on women’s sports, significant inequalities and gender gaps persist in [...]
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