The Arizona Supreme Court Wednesday declined to force Governor Katie Hobbs to carry out the death row sentence of Aaron Gunches. The decision marks a victory for Hobbs, whose office is currently reviewing the state’s death penalty protocols. Gunches was convicted of two counts of attempted second-degree murder in late 2002 and early 2003. He [...]

The FBI Monday released new hate crime statistics which showed an 11.6 percent rise in hate crimes from 2020 to 2021. A transition to a new reporting system meant that there was an initial decrease in data recorded in the FBI’s annual report. The supplemental report released Monday provides “a more complete picture” of reported [...]

Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants Sunday attempted en masse to cross the US Border from Mexico and were prevented from doing so by US and Mexican authorities. The largest group of migrants attempted to reach the US from the Paso del Norte Bridge, which connects Ciudad Juarez, to El Paso, Texas. Simultaneously, other groups of migrants [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk Wednesday criticised a British draft law that would require the deportation of anyone arriving in the UK by small boats. Türk said he was “deeply concerned” at the legislation and argued that it would violate international law. The new plans would ban asylum seekers who arrive illegally [...]

Hungary’s Justice Minister Judit Varga Wednesday promised that Budapest will defend an education law against criticism by the EU that it discriminates against people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Varga filed a counterclaim with the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding her nation’s alleged breach of obligations initiated under [...]

Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Sunday reported that Russia is illegally detaining 180 political prisoners in occupied Crimea. Dmytro Lubinets’ report comes as the country marks the ninth anniversary of Russia’s occupation of the peninsula. Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymr Zelensky has promised to take back all of Ukraine’s territory including Crimea, stating [...]

The Israeli government and Palestinian Authority Sunday affirmed a “commitment” to work towards “a just and lasting peace” following successful talks in Jordan. The joint statement expresses the parties’ confirmation of a “readiness” to work towards peace measures as well as advance “confidence-building measures and strengthen mutual trust…through direct dialogue.” The Aqaba Joint Communiqué is [...]

UK nonprofit group INQUEST Monday reported that Black men are 7 times more likely to die than their white counterparts following the use of restraint by police. INQUEST says that its findings highlight the continued “reality of institutional racism” in the UK criminal justice system. The report pointed to the recent deaths of three Black [...]

The US Supreme Court Tuesday declined to block the execution of Missouri inmate Leonard Taylor despite new evidence potentially proving a wrongful conviction. Taylor died by lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre on Tuesday. Taylor was convicted of the murders of his girlfriend Angela Rowe and her three children in 2004 but [...]

A Wednesday report commissioned by the UK’s Central Prosecution Service (CPS) says Black and ethnic minority defendants receive disproportionate sentences for similar crimes compared to their white counterparts. Research by the University of Leeds examined the outcomes of charging decisions between January 2018 and December 2021, looking at almost 195,000 cases. The findings come against [...]