Amnesty International reported Monday that Tanzanian authorities have “intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a deliberate strategy to instill fear, suppress civic engagement and entrench power” ahead of upcoming general elections. Political dissidents have voiced fear and cynicism toward the approaching election, with one individual [...]

The European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted Monday to amend its position on the European Union’s landmark corporate accountability law, introducing a series of changes to companies’ sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements. The EUs corporate sustainability due diligence directive (CSDDD) was adopted last year and “requires companies to fix human rights and environmental [...]

US President Donald Trump addressed Israel’s Knesset Monday morning, announcing the “end of the war” in Gaza and the return of 20 Israelis who had been held by Hamas. “After two harrowing years in darkness and captivity, 20 courageous hostages are returning to the glorious embrace of their families…and today, the sun rises on a [...]

The Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit Tuesday against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging violations of citizens’ Second Amendment rights, marking the first suit filed by the DOJ in support of gun owners. On March 27, the DOJ began a Second Amendment investigation after receiving numerous complaints [...]

Hundreds of Portland citizens gathered outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the city over the weekend. Public outrage began when Trump posted Saturday that he was “directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged [...]

The man who was accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in Florida last year, Ryan Routh, was convicted Tuesday on charges including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. Routh attempted to assassinate the president at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September 2024. US Secret Service Agent [...]

The Women’s Law Project (WLP) and Philadelphia law firm Berger Montague filed a complaint Tuesday with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, claiming UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is discriminating against individuals based on sex and disability by unlawfully denying gender-affirming care to patients under 19-years of age. The complaint, filed on behalf of affected minors, [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called on Ethiopian authorities to take action to address a wave of improper detentions, stating that security forces have arbitrarily arrested several journalists and media professionals since August.  Arrests are ongoing as government officials accuse the media of operating in bad faith. The most recent arrests occurred on September [...]

A group of faith leaders, education advocates and parents filed an amicus brief Monday, urging the US Supreme Court to block Oklahoma’s first religious public school. The brief argued that public schools must be open to all students regardless of religious affiliation and that allowing the school to proceed would undermine religious freedom. Oklahoma is [...]

US District Court Judge Susan Paradise Baxter ruled Monday that Pennsylvania must count undated or misdated mail-in ballots, finding that rejecting such ballots violate the First Amendment. Plaintiffs Bette Eakin, Ines Massella, Fetterman for PA, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed suit against Pennsylvania’s 67 county boards of elections [...]