A federal judge in Chicago issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Thursday to prevent the deployment of the National Guard in the city. April Perry, district judge for the Northern District of Illinois, enjoined the defendants (excepting President Trump) from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Tajikistan to either deny entry to Russian President Vladimir Putin or arrest him when he enters its territory. The statement came in response to announcements that Putin would visit Tajikistan from October 8 to 10 for a Russia-Central Asia summit and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Heads [...]
A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration violated the First Amendment by attempting to deport non-citizens for protesting the conflict in Gaza. Judge Williams of the US District Court for Massachusetts stated in his opinion that Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio acted intentionally [...]
The upcoming Riyadh Comedy Festival is being used by the Saudi government to “deflect attention” from human rights abuses and its repression of free speech, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday. HRW stated that the festival is being used to whitewash the government’s human rights violations, with the seventh anniversary of the killing of [...]
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) called Friday for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to stop launching airstrikes into Southern Lebanon and to “fully withdraw from Lebanese territory,” following strikes on Thursday night which “endangered peacekeepers and civilians.” The IDF reportedly warned civilians in Mais al-Jabal, Kfar Tibnit and Debbin to evacuate their homes. [...]
At a press conference on Monday, Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois called for transparency from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a man was fatally shot by an ICE officer last Friday. The incident took place in Franklin Park, a suburb west of Chicago. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Silverio Villegas Gonzalez [...]
A UN expert on Friday warned of the threat to human rights posed by growing economic inequality between the North and South, in a meeting at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council. The independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, George Katrougalos, stated that “structural inequities remain embedded [...]
A UN official on Thursday condemned an Israeli strike targeting members of Hamas in Doha, Qatar, describing it as an “alarming escalation” that threatens ongoing negotiations to “broker a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza.” Israeli fighter jets carried out a strike against Hamas and its negotiating team on September 9, targeting a residential [...]
US Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky) filed a discharge petition on Tuesday to compel the House of Representatives to vote on the release of documents relating to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. This came on the same day as a meeting of the House Oversight Committee with six survivors of Epstein’s abuse. Resolution H.Res.581, the Epstein Files [...]
The European Union (EU) urged the US government on Saturday to reverse its decision to block members of the Palestinian Authority (PA) from obtaining visas. Kaja Kallas, the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, remarked during a ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen: “In light of the existing agreements between the UN and its host [...]
