Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday welcomed the UN Human Rights Council’s first-ever resolution on anti-personnel landmines that was passed on April 4. The Ottawa Convention defines an anti-personnel mine as “a mine designed to be exploded by the presence, proximity or contact of a person and that will incapacitate, injure or kill one or [...]

The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would restrict district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctive relief orders to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders from taking effect. Section 1370(a) of the “No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025” (NORRA) states that “no United States district court shall issue any order providing [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for Saudi authorities to release prisoners who were detained for peacefully exercising their rights on Monday. “Between December 2024 and February 2025, Saudi authorities have released 44 prisoners,” said HRW, “ there is little indication that these releases signal a fundamental policy shift.” People who are currently detained include Sabri [...]

Thousands gathered Saturday for an emergency protest in Washington DC to fight the “US-funded Israel genocide,” and the government crackdown on free speech. Protestors stated that US President Donald Trump has spent “billions of US tax dollars to aid Israel in committing atrocities against the Palestinian people.” The People’s Forum, one of the organizers of [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a bid by South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid coverage since it performs abortions. The petitioners, South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services, raised several issues of interpretation of the federal Medicaid Act. They argued that the provision did not use [...]

Human Rights Watch urged the US government Thursday to end arrests and deportations of student activists who advocate for Palestine, part of the Trump administration’s effort to crack down on noncitizen students. Human Rights Watch reported that the Department of Homeland Security has revoked hundreds of student visas. Some students, whose visas have been revoked, [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday for a Wisconsin Catholic charity requesting a religious exemption from an unemployment insurance tax. Catholic Charities Bureau, the petitioners, argued that Wisconsin law disfavored Catholic Charities because the organization served and hired non-Catholics and did not proselytize, meaning that they did not engage in typical religious activities. Justice [...]

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to vacate an order by a district court that reinstated federal grants to address teacher shortages. The Trump administration argued that the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts lacked jurisdiction unless Congress “unequivocally” waives the government’s sovereign immunity. They further argued that [...]

The Trump administration urged the US Supreme Court Monday to stay a preliminary injunction reinstating thousands of federal employees, continuing its efforts to downsize the federal workforce. The Trump administration opposed a federal judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California who “reinstated the 16,000 probationary employees who had been lawfully [...]

The Trump administration halted $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania Wednesday in response to the university’s transgender sports policies. The announcement was first reported by Fox News and later reposted by Rapid Response 47 on X (formerly Twitter). Rapid Response 47 is an account created by the Trump administration to respond to [...]