The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Tuesday upheld the conviction of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, known as “El Chapo.” Guzmán ran one of the largest narco-cartels in Mexico and as recently as 2009 was listed on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest men. In 2017 he was extradited to [...]

New York Attorney General Letitia James Tuesday pushed back against opposition to the New York Department of Health’s (DOH) mask mandate. Robert J. Miller, New York Supreme Court Appellate Judge, stayed a January 24, 2022, ruling by fellow appellate judge Thomas Rademarker which voided 10 NYCRR § §2.60; 2.60(a). Commissioner of Health for the State of [...]

The UK government Monday introduced a bill to criminalize hymenoplasty, known as “virgin repair” surgery. The practice is thought to occur in 20 countries according to the World Health Organisation, which consists of scar tissue being used to form a fake hymen. However, there is no scientific evidence to support this practice. Used in cultures to [...]

A consortium of 15 civil society organisations Tuesday published a joint statement against the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) new cybercrime law for “severely threaten and unduly restrict the right to freedom of expression (both online and offline) and the rights to freedom of association and of peaceful assembly” in the country. The new law has [...]

A panel of three federal judges Monday blocked Alabama’s new congressional district map, finding that it unlawfully disadvantages Black voters. In a 225-page decision, US Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus and US District Judges Anna Manasco and Terry Moorer issued a preliminary injunction preventing the new map from taking effect. They found that the map violated [...]

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to reconsider whether race can be used in college admissions decisions. The court granted certiorari in Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, consolidating the cases for one hour of oral argument. The cases will [...]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik Monday as its first woman Justice. Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed administered the oath to Justice Malik at a ceremony held within the premises of the Supreme Court with several judges, lawyers and Law and Justice Commission officials in attendance. According to the Human Rights Commission of [...]

The Polish Border Guards announced Tuesday that construction has begun on a border wall between Poland and Belarus designed to reduce unauthorized migration from Belarus. The wall is expected to be 186km in length and will cost 1.6 billion Polish zloty, or nearly 400 million USD. A barrier between the two countries was authorized by [...]

The London High Court of Justice ruled in favor of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Monday, clearing the way for his appeal to the UK Supreme Court. Assange’s appeal challenges a previous decision from the high court which overturned a decision blocking his extradition to the US on espionage charges. Since July 2020, Assange has been [...]

The federal trial against three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights in May 2020 commenced Monday, according to AP. The prosecutor alleged the three officers, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, violated Floyd’s civil rights by failing to intervene as former officer Derek Chauvin pinned Floyd to the [...]