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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested and charged Karrem Nasr, an American citizen residing in Egypt since July 2023, for attempting to provide support to al-Shabaab. Nasr, a resident of New Jersey, traveled to Kenya with the intent to join al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, following Hamas’ attack in southern Israel on October [...]

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Ugandan LGBTQIA+ activists filed a lawsuit Monday in the country’s Constitutional Court to examine the constitutionality of the Anti-Homosecuality Act, signed by the country’s president earlier this year, that restricts the rights of LGBTIA+ individuals and imposes harsh penalties, including execution, for certain same-sex acts.  A panel of five judges, led by Judge Richard Buteera, has [...]

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Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army Colonel who held key roles in government, including serving as Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell from 2002 to 2005. Wilkerson played a role in preparing US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s presentation in 2003 at the United Nations in making the case for [...]

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The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) concluded its 139th session on Friday after reviewing reports from Iran, Kuwait, Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, the US and Venezuela. It said there were positive developments in all countries, but identified concerns and proposed recommendations. Notably, the UNHRC criticized the Biden Administration’s approach to US immigration policy, [...]

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Utah filed a lawsuit against TikTok on Tuesday, claiming the app harms children in the state by knowingly creating an “addicting” social media platform that damages children’s mental health. The state argues TikTok violates the Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act (UCSPA) in its complaint. The lawsuit focuses on TikTok’s “deceptive” and “misleading” conduct, raising three [...]

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This article is the fourth in a series covering attacks on the rule of law. The rule of law is a political philosophy premised on the promise that all citizens, leaders, and institutions are accountable to the same laws, guaranteed through processes, practices, and norms that work together to support the equality of all citizens [...]

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The government of Ethiopia announced on Tuesday a joint investigation with the government of Saudi Arabia into the alleged mass killings of Ethiopian migrants at the Saudi-Yemeni border. In a statement posted on the Ethiopian foreign ministry’s official X (Twitter) account, the government expressed its commitment to investigate the reported incidents in collaboration with Saudi [...]

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The Somali Ministry of Communications and Technology (MOCT) announced on Sunday that Somalia decided to ban the short-form video hosting platform TikTok, the instant messaging platform Telegram, and the online gambling platform 1XBet, for their undue influence on Somali youths, which the ministry says had “caused some of them to lose their lives.” The decision [...]

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