Singaporean authorities are scheduled on Thursday to execute a man convicted of importing just over a kilogram of cannabis across the country’s border in a case that has drawn urgent condemnation from human rights organizations, the European Union, and a growing chorus of international observers. Omar bin Yacob Bamadhaj, 41, was arrested in 2018 after [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday ordered a federal judge to end his contempt investigation concerning the Trump administration’s Venezuelan migrant deportation flights. In a 2-1 decision, the majority ruled that Chief Judge James Boasberg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia abused his discretion in [...]

UN experts warned Tuesday that proposed French legislation to target antisemitism, dubbed the PPL Yadan Bill, could jeopardize freedom of expression. The experts stated: “Criminal law should not suppress different views about current or past events, however inaccurate, unpopular, or shocking, unless such expression is intended to incite violence and is objectively likely to do [...]

Haitian National Police on Monday announced the arrest of five people and two employees of the Institute for the Safeguarding of National Heritage (ISPAN) involved in a stampede at the Citadelle Laferrière. The incident at the mountaintop heritage site was reportedly a result of “severe overcrowding, linked in particular to deficiencies in crowd management measures” [...]

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Brazil’s former intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem on Monday after he fled Brazil to avoid a 16-year prison sentence for his role in an alleged coup attempt. The detention was first brought to light by a Brazilian senator. ICE confirmed Ramagem’s detention through its online detainee database but offered [...]

Amnesty International on Monday urged Venezuelan authorities to ensure that a newly enacted amnesty law is employed justly and impartially, following reports of arbitrary application. The rights group expressed concerns that Venezuelan courts have selectively applied the law, which grants “full and general” amnesty for people detained or convicted for political offenses. While many political [...]

Several protestors were detained in New York City on Monday in a demonstration protesting US military support of Israel during the ongoing conflict with Iran. Anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace said police detained over 90 demonstrators. New York City police released a statement saying there were “multiple” arrests but did not provide an exact [...]

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Denise Brown, warned on Sunday that the African country is being “abandoned.” The global rollback of humanitarian assistance, as well as the proliferation of armed conflict and climate disasters, has squeezed humanitarian organizations to the brink, and the global response to Sudan has been especially inadequate. So far, the [...]

The Trump administration fired six more immigration judges on Friday, adding to growing dismissals as judges and lawyers continue to push for a more independent judicial immigration system. The newly fired judges are now among over 100 fired so far in Donald Trump’s second term. The number of US immigration judges has reportedly diminished by [...]

Peru’s National Office of Electoral Process (ONPE) extended presidential and congressional elections into a second day Monday after a private contractor failed to deliver ballots to dozens of polling stations across Lima, preventing more than 52,000 citizens from voting on time. The Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE), Peru’s top electoral court, approved ONPE’s request for [...]