A US federal judge in Boston entered an order on Wednesday to dissolve a temporary restraining order that blocked US President Donald Trump’s government employee buyout offer. Judge George A. O’Toole of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts found that the labor unions who filed a complaint against the directive lacked standing. [...]

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted a resolution on Thursday refusing to recognize the legitimacy of Georgia’s most recent election, calling on the international community to boycott the country’s authorities and ruling elite. The MEPs recognized former President Salome Zourabichvili as the legitimate president of the country. The resolution called on the European Council [...]

Liberian President Joseph Boakai announced more than 450 suspended top government officials on Thursday, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC). According to the presidency, the suspended officials will be put on unpaid leave for a month until they make the necessary declarations. Under Article 90(c) of [...]

The US foreign aid freeze imposed by President Donald Trump will threaten human rights in Myanmar, Amnesty International warned on Thursday. The group warned that the freeze may result in the loss of countless lives and devastating consequences. Following the foreign aid freeze and the stop-work order, Amnesty International observed that hospitals and refugee camps [...]

US Federal District Judge Brendan A. Hurson issued a temporary restraining order Thursday blocking a Trump administration executive order aimed at eliminating federal funding to transgender medical care for minor youths. The judge’s order restrains executive officials from “conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it will no longer defend the independent status of three key consumer and worker protection agencies. The announcement came in a letter by Acting Solicitor General Sarah M. Harris and addressed to Sen. Dick Durbin (III.). The agencies affected are the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), [...]

The US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned Thursday in response to an order by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop a case against New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams. Sassoon spearheaded a corruption case against Adams, alleging a “straw donor scheme” where individuals connected to Adams donated to [...]

Several recently removed US inspectors general (IGs) filed suit on Wednesday against Trump and his administration, seeking reinstatement of their previously held agency positions from which they were terminated, and an injunction against the Trump administration. Alleging that their terminations were illegal and politically-motivated, the IGs seek a legal declaration that their attempted removals were [...]

Twenty-three human rights organizations and individuals, including Amnesty International, raised concerns about sex-based violence on Thursday. The report, titled “Forms of Sex-Based Violence Against Women and Girls: New Frontiers and Emerging Issues,” comes after the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls called for input in the upcoming 59th session of the UN [...]

Kazakhstan’s parliament considered a “foreign agent” law proposal on Wednesday, with member of parliament Irina Smirnova arguing that there is a need for a law that clearly identifies and marks organizations that are financed by foreign sources. Smirnova claimed that foreign donors are masking their political interests under “media support,” “human rights protection” and the [...]