A Spanish Court of Instruction justice ordered three men to be held in custody on Friday for allegedly murdering a man during a brutal, homophobic attack. The three men, alongside three other attackers, are accused of beating Samuel Luiz to death while shouting homophobic slurs. The fatal attack occurred Saturday, July 3, as twenty-four-year-old Samuel Luiz [...]

The Mexican General Prosecutor’s Office (FGR) announced on Friday that legal proceedings had been initiated against former Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo, launching a criminal investigation into allegations of illicit enrichment. Guajardo, who is due to re-enter Congress as a member of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party in September, is alleged to have “probably [...]

The US Department of Commerce announced Friday that it had added 34 entities to its Entity List over concerns regarding global human rights. Of those 34 firms, 14 were specifically designated as being involved in potential human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Unlike the Department of Treasury’s Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, addition to the Department [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday rejected Facebook’s plea to quash the summons issued by the Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony for inquiry related to the Delhi riots in February 2020. The Committee on Peace and Harmony was created in March 2020 to consider the factors and situations which have the [...]

The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision on Friday, unanimously confirming all charges against Sudanese militia leader, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman. Consequently, Abd-Al-Rahman, who is also known as Ali Kushayb, was committed to trial before a trial chamber. Abd-Al-Rahman is considered a top commander of the Janjaweed militia and [...]

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) law makers introduced a bill Thursday which seeks to limit the eligibility requirement for presidential candidates. Noel Tshiani, an ally to president Felix Tshisekedi, is the major proponent of the bill, which aims to highly restrict the thresholds for the presidential candidature. Key among the restrictions is the limitation [...]

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime released a report Thursday revealing the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on victims of human trafficking. As per the report, the pandemic has made it difficult to trace traffickers and has also enabled traffickers to find victims due to the increase in the use of online platforms. [...]

The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that the environment minister has a duty of care to persons under the age of 18 when it comes to decisions about projects that will release greenhouse gases (GHG). The case was brought by eight schoolchildren and a nun who sought to stop the expansion of a coal [...]

A UN human rights investigator announced Friday that Israeli settlements in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem meet the definition of a war crime. Special rapporteur Michael Lynk addressed a meeting of the Human Rights Council, in which he gave a report about whether the settlements violated the 1998 Rome Statute of the International [...]

Attorneys general for 36 US states and DC filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Google, alleging that Google violated antitrust laws. The lawsuit claims that Google has used monopolizing techniques to dominate one of the two major app markets with their Google Play Store, making it difficult for customers to use any other app platform. Techniques [...]