The Terre Haute Division of the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Thursday ordered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “immediately release” pro-Palestinian advocate Salah Sarsour, a lawful permanent resident of the US, from ICE detention facilities. In so ordering, Federal Judge James Hanlon confirmed that Sarsour has successfully established [...]

In an official press release, six governments announced Tuesday that they will impose sanctions on several persons enabling settler violence in the West Bank and occupied Palestinian lands. The sanctions are coming from Canada, France, New Zealand, the UK, Australia and Norway as a joint effort against a total of six individuals or groups who [...]

A Kenyan court on Tuesday lengthened its suspension on building a US Ebola quarantine center near the Laikipia airbase following protests that left two people dead. After reviewing an emergency petition by the Katiba Institute, Justice Patricia Mande Nyaundi postponed the operation of the planned quarantine facility by another three weeks. The petition raised issues [...]

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) urged members of parliament (MPs) on Tuesday to amend the pending Bill C-14 on bail reform, to maintain the presumption of innocence. The Liberal Party introduced Bill C-14 in October to make bail rules stricter and toughen sentencing outcomes by targeting over 80 areas in Canada’s Criminal Code, especially [...]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa filed ​a claim in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday, challenging a panel report alleging he violated the constitution during his “Farmgate” scandal. In 2020, thieves broke into President Ramaphosa’s farm and stole over half a million dollars from inside one of his couches. In 2022, one of his private [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday demanded the removal of a commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), known by his nom de guerre “Abu Lulu,” citing war crime allegations against him. Amnesty International’s regional director for East Africa, Tigere Chagutah, stated: It is alarming to learn he has returned to combat without any investigation into the allegations. The RSF [...]

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt), South Africa’s highest court, ruled Tuesday that foreigners cannot reapply for asylum if their application has been rejected. The ruling came in the case of Director of Home Affairs and Others v Irankunda and Niyonkuru, concerning two Burundi nationals who fled their country and resided in South Africa for four years. [...]

A US soldier pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of using classified intelligence on the raid and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolàs Maduro to win $400,000 on prediction market betting site Polymarket. Gannon Ken Van Dyke is a 38-year-old US Special Forces soldier who was involved in the planning and execution of Maduro’s capture. [...]

Thousands of representatives of Indigenous peoples gathered in Brasília on Tuesday to protest threats to their land rights, marching through Three Powers Plaza, home to Brazil’s Supreme Court, Parliament and Congress. The week-long protest is an annual event for the Free Land Camp (ATL) movement, mobilized by the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (AIPB). [...]

Erick Valencia-Salazar, a California man who is said to have co-founded Mexico’s Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Valencia-Salazar was arrested in Tapalpa, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in 2022 for conspiring to send thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the US on behalf [...]