Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into alleged abuses against detainees in Russia and Azerbaijan. In the statement, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Marie Struthers said: The authorities in both Russia and Azerbaijan have shown complete disregard for human dignity and open contempt for their human rights obligations. Torture [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractors who designed enhanced interrogation techniques do not fall under the jurisdiction of US federal courts in civil claims. The three-judge panel unanimously affirmed the dismissal of Abu Zubaydah’s claims against two psychologists who designed enhanced interrogation techniques [...]

A US federal judge in Colorado on Thursday ruled that Filipino workers can proceed with forced labor claims against US-based construction companies that oversaw FIFA World Cup stadium projects in Qatar. Writing for the US District Court of Colorado, Magistrate Judge Cyrus Chung ruled that under 18 US Code § 1595 and § 1596, US federal [...]

A federal judge in California issued a landmark ruling on Monday in one of the first major court decisions addressing Artificial Intelligence (AI) training and copyright law. In a mixed ruling, the court found that training large language AI models (LLMs) on copyrighted books is legal under the doctrine of fair use, while also holding [...]

The US Supreme Court issued two rulings on Wednesday that establish where challenges to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions should be filed, remanding one lawsuit to regional circuits and directing the other suit to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In the 6-2 and 7-2 decisions, both authored by Justice [...]

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law a measure that will allow civilians to be tried in military courts.  The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill 2025 was approved by parliament last month and has now become law following President Yoweri Museveni’s signing. The new law establishes specific situations in which military [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of an Atlanta family attempting to sue the federal government for damages after their home was mistakenly raided by an FBI Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. The unanimous decision rejected a lower court’s ruling and remanded the case for further proceedings. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the [...]

A US federal judge granted approval Friday of a landmark $2.6 billion class action settlement that transforms college athletics by allowing schools to directly pay student-athletes for the first time in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history. In a released statement, NCAA president Charlie Baker said, “This is new terrain for everyone… Opportunities to drive [...]

Pennsylvania officials filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday over its termination of the Local Food Purchase Assistance 2025 Cooperative Agreement (LFPA25 Agreement). The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) provides federal funding to states to purchase local food from regional producers for distribution through food banks [...]

The US Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that New York state has violated federal civil rights law by banning Native American school mascots while permitting mascots derived from other ethnic groups. This comes after the DOE launched an investigation into the state’s mascot controversy last month. The investigation was launched after The Native American [...]