Justice for Myanmar (JFM) released a statement calling on the United Nations to investigate possible conflicts of interest with its Special Envoy to Myanmar due to her possible links with Chinese state-owned entities. The Special Envoy, Julie Bishop, served as the Australian minister of foreign affairs from 2013-2018 and was appointed to her position as [...]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life imprisonment on Friday over concerns about Myers’ possible innocence. Myers was convicted of capital murder in 1994 following the killing of Ludi Mae Tucker, his neighbor. Myers pleaded not guilty and claimed that he was not present at the crime scene [...]

The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, upheld the constitutionality of the state’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government on Tuesday, in an action brought by former governor Andrew Cuomo, whom the commission is investigating. Cuomo was involved in establishing an enforcement agency to implement the state’s ethics and lobbying laws [...]

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Friday condemned Israel’s continuing offensive operation in the West Bank, urging Israel to immediately halt the “alarming wave of violence and mass displacement.” The OHCHR noted a resumption of unlawful killings of Palestinian civilians beginning on January 21, 2025. The office stated that Israeli security forces have [...]

Two groups of FBI employees sued (see here and here) the Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday to protect agents who were involved in the investigation of persons suspected of being involved in the attack on the US Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, and of the unlawful removal of classified documents by Donald Trump to [...]

The High Court of Kenya on Thursday delivered a landmark judgment declaring the criminalization of suicide unconstitutional. In its decision, the court agreed with the petitioners that the criminalization of attempted suicide is unacceptable from a constitutional view and that such individuals need care and assistance rather than punishment. Justice LN Mugambi, delivering the judgment [...]

Videographical substance is sensitive in nature. Viewer discretion is advised. The New York attorney general released video footage on Friday showing that correctional officers beat Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility hours before he was pronounced dead. The video recordings were reviewed by the office and by Brooks’ family before they were released. New York [...]

Several UN special rapporteurs on Monday expressed concern over systemic targeting of Baha’i-religion women in Iran. The UN experts observed that Baha’i women have been facing arrests, summoning for interrogation, enforced disappearance, raids on their homes, and confiscation of their personal belongings. In a letter from July this year, the experts detailed the violations of [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday partially revived a suit alleging improper FBI surveillance of Muslim residents of Southern California. The case was heard on remand from the US Supreme Court and decided on the findings of the District Court. Yassir Fazaga and other plaintiffs had initially filed a putative [...]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a New York doctor for allegedly providing abortion drugs to a Texas resident. The state filed the lawsuit at the District Court at Collin County, claiming that the defendant’s “knowing and continuing violations of Texas law places women and unborn children in Texas at [...]