A habeas corpus petition seeking the immediate release of journalist Mario Guevara from ICE detention was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia on Wednesday. The petition stated that the government detained “award-winning journalist” Guevara “in order to retaliate against him for his constitutionally-protected speech and reporting, and to gag [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the lack of accountability for the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in western Xinjiang region, noting that nearly three years have passed since a groundbreaking UN report detailed gross violations of international law against the ethnic group. In commenting on the sheer scale of crimes committed by state authorities [...]

US President Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday it had seized control of Washington’s Union Station from Amtrak, escalating federal intervention in the nation’s capital as National Guard troops patrol city streets. The takeover was announced by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who claimed the goal was to ensure sanitary conditions and the absence of unhoused individuals [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed concern on Tuesday over the sentencing of freelance journalist Aleh Supruniuk to three years in prison by a Belarusian court. The CPJ called for Supruniuk’s immediate release, along with all other journalists unjustly detained in Belarus. Gulnoza Said, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator, stated: “The sentencing [...]

The standoff between the United States government and the International Criminal Court (ICC) entered a new phase last week as government officials in Washington sanctioned four senior ICC officials on August 20. The designations target Judge Kimberly Prost (Canada), Judge Nicolas Guillou (France), Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fiji), and Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to immediately release journalist Shikib Ahmad Nazari, who has been detained since July following a raid on his Kabul office. In a statement, CPJ Asia-Pacific director Beh Lih Yi urged, “They should release the journalist immediately, and stop coercing journalists into [...]

The US military could face legal responsibility for assisting Israeli forces that commit war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated Tuesday. Members of the US military could also be individually implicated for the crimes, according to the rights group. “The direct US participation in military operations with Israeli forces means that as a matter of [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday rejected a Wisconsin state court judge’s claim of judicial immunity, allowing criminal charges to proceed against her for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement. Judge Lynn Adelman of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah C. Dugan’s motion to dismiss a [...]

UN human rights experts on Tuesday voiced alarm over a newly approved law in Peru that grants amnesty to security forces accused of committing serious violations of international law between 1980 and 2000—an action that activists denounce as a setback to the country’s commitment to accountability and justice. In commenting on the domino effect of [...]

Amnesty International expressed concern Wednesday for the health of imprisoned Vietnamese activist Can Thị Theu, in a letter addressed to the country’s president. The organization called for the immediate release of the human rights defender and stressed that without rapid access to adequate healthcare, her life could be at risk. Amnesty International noted that Can [...]