German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday visited The Hague and pledged support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the latest wave of sanctions by US President Donald Trump.  Emphasizing the importance of support for the ICC’s operations and investigative work during a climate of political pressure, Wadephul stated: International rules are only as [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday commended the Central Bank of Ireland’s decision to discontinue issuance of Israel Bonds to be sold in the European Economic Area, calling the decision a meaningful step in global efforts to prevent financial support for activities tied to Israel’s military operations in Gaza. Welcoming the Central Bank’s decision as a critical [...]

Amnesty International on Monday condemned the March 23 Movement (M23) over human rights abuses committed in the mines they control in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Commenting on the dire domestic human rights crisis afflicting the region, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general  stated: The African Union and its Member States must take far [...]

The chairman of the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Government Oversight and Reform subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday over her management of the investigation into the late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On February 11, the House Judiciary Committee questioned Bondi over her compliance with the Epstein investigation, which [...]

A Georgia jury on Tuesday found Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, guilty of 29 charges tied to the shooting. Colt Gray killed four people and wounded another nine others in the September 2024 school shooting. The case against father Colin Gray marks one of the first times a parent has [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned the US for the transfer of 5,700 detainees with alleged ISIS affiliation from Syria to Iraq, where detainees face risk of enforced disappearance, unfair trials, and torture. The US transferred the detainees on January 21 as the Syrian government tried to gain control of Northeast Syria from the [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned both the January attack by the US military on Venezuela and the abuses long committed by the ousted Maduro government. On January 3, the Trump administration announced that it had conducted a raid on Venezuela, resulting in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.  US President [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday initiating the process to designate chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt as “foreign terrorist organizations.” In justifying the order, Trump stated that “the military wing of the Lebanese chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood joined Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian factions to launch multiple [...]

US Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed an order Thursday that authorized a new oil and gas leasing program that incorporates areas of California and Alaska. The Trump administration’s oil and gas leasing program, authorized by Burgum, replaces a Biden-era oil and gas leasing program. The former program “withdrew historically large areas of [...]

A New York federal judge on Monday rejected a bid by the administration of President Donald Trump to strike down a law prohibiting immigration enforcement from making arrests at or surrounding state courthouses. “My office will continue fighting to defend the dignity and rights of immigrant communities throughout New York,” stated New York Attorney General [...]