The United States imposed visa restrictions on 50 relatives of Nicaraguan lawmakers, prosecutors, and judges, the State Department announced on Friday. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is seeking a fourth term, and the election is in November. Ortega’s government has been detaining top opposition contenders ahead of the election. Within the past two months, Ortega’s government arrested [...]
The controversial Grassy Mountain Coal Project has been effectively shelved following a decision from Canada’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson. In a statement released Friday, Wilkinson determined that proposed open-pit coal mines in the Crowsnest Pass region of Alberta would likely “cause significant adverse environmental effects” as defined by subsections 5(1) [...]
US prosecutors announced Friday the arrest of two Myanmar citizens for a plot to injure or kill Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) who represents Myanmar’s elected government. The investigative work of the FBI’s Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, which comprises special agents from various entities such as the FBI, NYPD, [...]
US President Joe Biden deferred Thursday the removal of Hong Kong residents who presently reside in the United States, providing a “safe haven” for citizens for at least the next 18 months. President Biden cited compelling foreign policy reasons for the action. This included the unilateral imposition of China’s National Security Law (NSL), which, according [...]
Apple announced Thursday a new policy for child-safety measures on its devices, leading several digital rights organisations such as the European Digital Rights network (EDRi) and Electronic Frontier Foundation to raise concerns over the privacy and security of the company’s large global customer base. The new policy scans messages sent or received by a minor’s [...]
Kerala High Court ruled Friday that although marital rape is not a criminal offence in India, it constitutes a “good ground” for divorce. This case represents an appeal by a woman’s husband against the decision of a family court which allowed the wife’s petition for divorce on the ground of cruelty. The petition claimed that the [...]
The government of Mexico filed a complaint on Wednesday against eight gun manufacturers, holding companies and distributors, alleging tort claims based on a “deadly flood of military-style and other particularly lethal guns” across the border from the US into Mexico. The complaint named several major gun manufacturers as defendants, including Smith & Wesson, Barrett, Beretta, Century, [...]
The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday ordered a judge-led investigation into the alleged rape, murder and forced cremation of a nine-year-old girl. The girl belonged to the Dalit caste, which has historically endured oppression, deprivation and extreme discrimination at the hands of India’s upper-caste Hindus. The Delhi police arrested four individuals in connection with [...]
Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Monday charged pro-democracy activist Au Nok-hin and 59-year-old singer Wong Yiu-ming with “corrupt conduct” for allegedly breaching election laws by having Wong perform two songs at a 2018 election rally to induce people to vote for Au in a legislative by-election. Wong Yiu-ming, aka Anthony Wong, and [...]
Five journalists who were on the list of alleged surveillance targets by Indian government agencies using Israeli hacking software Pegasus on Monday filed writ petitions with the Supreme Court of India stating that the agencies violated their fundamental rights, guaranteed under the Constitution of India, through unauthorized use of surveillance. According to the petitioners, the [...]
