A UN human rights expert on Thursday urged the Japanese government to delay the relocation of evacuees from the Fukushima Disaster back to their homes over concerns about ongoing toxic waste. “Many feel they are being forced to return to areas that are unsafe, including those with radiation levels above what the Government previously considered [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday released a report alleging detainment and torture of journalists within areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas, which encompass the West Bank and Gaza Strip, bordering Israel. The PA and rivaling Hamas have disputed control of the Palestinian territories for over 20 years. While the PA is [...]

UN human rights experts on Monday welcomed a recent Guatemalan court ruling that the deaths of 1,771 ethnic Ixil Mayan people between 1983-1984 constituted a “genocide.” “Impunity for perpetrators is unacceptable,” said UN experts about the ruling. “It is essential that judicial processes respect international standards in determining the responsibilities of the perpetrators and masterminds [...]

Online retailer eBay filed a lawsuit Wednesday in California’s Santa Clara County Superior Court alleging that fellow online vendor Amazon has, over the past several years, “perpetrated a scheme to infiltrate and exploit eBay’s internal member email system.” This follows a cease-and-desist letter sent by eBay to Amazon two weeks ago, which went unanswered. Now, [...]

US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the US withdrawal from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) as a retaliation against China and other foreign nations that “undermine the goal of unrestricted and undistorted competition in cross-border delivery services.” The UPU, conceived in 1873 by the US and four other countries, acts as a regulatory body [...]

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, said Wednesday that Israel’s planned demolition of Bedouin village Khan al-Amar in the West Bank could constitute a war crime. “Evacuation by force now appears imminent,” she said. “It bears recalling, as a general matter, that extensive destruction of property without military necessity and population transfers in [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged Saudi Arabia to be more transparent in its investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last week. “Mr Khashoggi entered the Consulate and has never been seen since, the onus is on the Saudi authorities to reveal what happened to him from that [...]

President of The Gambia Adama Barrow on Tuesday announced announced the creation of a Truth and Reparations Commission to investigate and reconcile the crimes of former president Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh reigned over The Gambia for 23 years, taking power through a bloody coup d’etat and thereafter allegedly committing many crimes against humanity including the murders [...]

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal by two paint manufacturers (Sherwin-Williams Co. and NL Industries, Inc.) seeking to limit their liability for lead poisoning. The paint manufacturers filed their appeal in July asking the court to decide whether the First Amendment allows the state of California to file tort actions against [...]

Poland’s Supreme Court announced Thursday that the court had added 27 new judges in a secret ceremony which took place on Wednesday afternoon. This move comes after Poland lowered the retirement age of its Supreme Court justices from 70 to 65 in September, forcing 27 judges of the 72-judge court into retirement. President Andrezj Duda [...]