A group of NGOs including Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International Friday released a joint statement criticizing the Iraqi government’s decision to require applicants for reparations under the Yazidi Survivors Law to file a criminal complaint. The law was passed in March 2021 to provide reparations and welfare support to female survivors of ISIS [...]

Alexander Csergo, a Sydney man, Friday was arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for alleged foreign interference under a Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce Investigation, established in collaboration with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and introduced under the National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill.  The AFP alleged “On a number of occasions [...]

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres Friday called for increased digital accountability to combat hate speech on the internet. Guterres made a statement in remembrance of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. He noted that there are currently few or no controls in place to stop the spread of [...]

The US and UK governments last week unveiled a batch of sanctions against individuals and entities who have allegedly enabled Russian oligarchs on the UK’s designated sanctions list to access their external assets.  This latest set of sanctions looks to target methods that were being used to circumvent previous sanctions. The UK government alleges that [...]

The Montana House of Representatives Friday passed a bill that would ban the use of social media app TikTok within the state in a 54-43 vote. The bill will now be submitted to Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, who must sign the bill for it to become law. The move comes amid increasing scrutiny of the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday stated that Indonesian authorities should not pursue criminal defamation charges against Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti, who are significant human rights defenders in Jakarta. The charges were brought against them based on a 2021 police report filed by Luhur Binsar Pandjaitan, a minister in the president’s cabinet. The report accuses [...]

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Friday issued an order extending a temporary block on a lower Texas federal judge’s decision to suspend the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. As a result, mifepristone will remain available across the country through April 19. On April 7, US District Court Judge [...]

The US Supreme Court Friday issued a 9-0 opinion in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, holding that separate legal challenges to the structure of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may proceed in federal court. The opinion, written by Justice Elena Kagan, stipulates that district courts retain federal question [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday charged Jack Douglas Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, over leaked classified US intelligence documents. The leaked documents came to national attention this past week, which resulted in the FBI arresting Teixeira on Thursday. Teixeira is charged with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense [...]

France’s Constitutional Council Friday approved President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform law amid protests and anger towards the reform. Earlier this week one of JURIST’s staff members from Paris, France warned of renewed protests if the council approved the pension reform. Following the approval, protesters did just that, taking to the streets of France to express their [...]