The US Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday its plan to terminate the Maine Department of Education’s (MDOE) federal K-12 education funding for its noncompliance with US President Trump’s executive orders attacking “gender ideology” and gender-affirming educational practices. The DOE concluded that MDOE has endorsed or allowed school policies allowing males to compete in female [...]
Amnesty International criticized the US’s decision to cut foreign aid funding to Yemen on Thursday, highlighting the impact the funding cuts have had on the country’s human rights crisis. As the group reports, aid workers suggested that the aid cuts have exacerbated the country’s human rights situation, and “led to the shut-down of lifesaving assistance [...]
A US immigration judge decided Friday that detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported after the Trump administration revoked his permanent resident status over his participation in pro-Palestine demonstrations on his campus. However, proceedings petitioning for Khalil’s release in federal court are ongoing. Southern Poverty Law Center lawyer Sabrine Mohammed read a [...]
Amnesty International on Friday called for the urgent release of political activist Tofig Yagublu following his hunger strike that began on April 1. Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia director Marie Struthers stated: “The Azerbaijani authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Tofig Yagublu, who has been imprisoned solely for his outspoken criticism of government, [...]
Amnesty International called for the release of Côte d’Ivoire unionist Ghislain Duggary Assy on Thursday, urging authorities to respect the right to strike. Amnesty International’s interim regional director for West and Central Africa Marceau Sivieude stated: Teachers cannot be treated as criminals for exercising their fundamental rights. The authorities must respect and guarantee the human [...]
Israel’s ongoing military actions in Syria undermine the Arab country’s political transition, and the opportunity for Syria and Israel to form a new security agreement, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Khaled Khiari said before the Security Council on Thursday. During the Security Council briefing, Khiari and the head of UN Peace [...]
The US Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order directing the US government to bring unlawfully deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back to the US. Abrego Garcia was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on his way home from work on March 12, and was sent to the newly-constructed, [...]
A US federal appeals court on Wednesday granted the US government’s motion for a stay pending appeal of a district court’s order that federal agencies and executive departments reinstate fired probationary federal workers and refrain from firing any additional federal workers without proper notice. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the government met [...]
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) said Thursday that most countries are failing to meet their human rights obligations by not allocating sufficient public funding to ensure the right to health. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published its Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED), which offers data on healthcare spending across 194 countries and territories since 2022. [...]
