Twenty US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday with the aim of blocking the cut of funding to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pre-disaster mitigation program. The lawsuit specifically seeks to preserve the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, a multi-billion-dollar initiative created in 2018 that funds infrastructure projects to protect [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published a statement Wednesday protesting against the signing by Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov of new amendments to the Kyrgyz Code that impose administrative penalties on individuals and entities that publish “false or unreliable” information. The most recent amendments to the Kyrgyz Code signed by President Japarov on July 8 [...]

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a statement Wednesday urging military forces in Libya to show restraint, as armed group mobilization pushes the country closer to violent clashes. UNSMIL referenced the recent growing concern about the armed activity in densely populated areas in Libya. The statement urged all of those parties involved to [...]

Amnesty International published a statement on Tuesday calling for Egypt to release those who were detained by the country on the sole basis of expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people amidst the war with Israel. Amnesty International calls for the “unconditional and immediate release” of these activists. In addition to their call for the release [...]

Pope Leo XIV denounced what he called the recent violations of international and humanitarian law occurring in Gaza and Ukraine, in a statement made in front of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches on Thursday. In the statement, Pope Leo XIV referenced the situations occurring in Ukraine, Gaza, and the Middle East, [...]

Several organizations signed a joint statement on Wednesday, calling for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to take action put an end to the use of the death penalty for drug-related offenses. The 70 organizations that signed the joint statement published by Amnesty International urged [...]

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday pushing back the ban on the social media app TikTok another 90 days. The White House said the purpose of the order is to prevent the Department of Justice from enforcing the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. Congress passed the act on [...]

The US Supreme Court issued an opinion on Wednesday upholding a 2023 Tennessee law restricting minors’ access to gender affirming care in the state. The 2023 Tennessee law, SB1, prohibits medical procedures that alter a minor’s hormonal balance, remove a minor’s sex organs, or otherwise change a minor’s physical appearance when undergone with purpose of [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a complaint against the state of New York, specifically challenging policies the state has in place that prevent federal immigration officers from making arrests in certain areas of the state. The DOJ is specifically challenging New York’s “Protect Our Courts Act,” which makes it unlawful for [...]

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to increase the number of undocumented migrants being transferred to the US Naval facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, according to government documents obtained by POLITICO and the Washington Post. The documents, reported by the media outlets Tuesday, state that 9,000 undocumented immigrants are currently being vetted for transfer to Guantánamo, [...]