Maine Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday responded to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s launch of “Operation Catch of the Day” in the state. In a public release, Mills assured state residents that her administration would work to uphold the law and protect residents, stating: If the Federal government has warrants, then it should show them. [...]

A Georgia man pleaded guilty to wire fraud in US federal court on Wednesday for engineering “the largest Ponzi scheme in Georgia history,” defrauding over 2,000 investors of over $380 million. The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia released a statement explaining how Todd Burkhalter was the mastermind behind financial advisory group [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Thursday for accountability for the toxic spills that have affected children living near Lega Dembi gold mine in Ethiopia, urging the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to ask the Ethiopian government to suspend mining operations and take measures to safeguard children’s health. HRW reported that [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged international organizations and the Congolese government to ensure that civilians in the eastern city of Uvira are protected from abuse by Wazalendo militias, following the withdrawal of the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group from the city. “Congolese authorities should act quickly to restore security and ensure the protection of [...]

Amnesty International released a statement Thursday as a trial begins for activists who organized an annual vigil commemorating the protestors who were killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. The rights organization states that this is an escalation of Hong Kong authorities’ “weaponization” of national security laws to repress dissent. The two activists are Chow Hang-tung [...]

Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday after a Seoul court found him guilty of rebellion for his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law in December 2024. The sentence exceeded the 15 years sought by the special counsel and marked the [...]

The Nara district court on Wednesday sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami to life in prison for his assassination of Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe. He pleaded guilty to murder, having shot the retired prime minister in 2022 with a homemade gun, according to local media. Yamagami’s defence team focused on the homemade gun, arguing that the [...]

The United Nations on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the deteriorating security situation in northeast Syria. This follows renewed violent clashes between Syrian government troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) despite a ceasefire agreement, creating a security vacuum that reportedly led to the escape of some detained Islamic State of Iraq and the [...]

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the Russian Federation’s latest large-scale attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which have caused mass power and heating outages in many major cities, including Kyiv and Odesa.  Türk described the attacks as “cruel” and warned that “they must stop.” He added: “Civilians are bearing the brunt of [...]

Togo’s Ministry of Justice on Tuesday confirmed the extradition of former Burkinabè transitional president Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba to Burkina Faso, following accusations of corruption, embezzlement, and involvement in attempted coups against the current regime of Captain Ibrahim Traoré. On January 12, the judicial authorities in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, submitted a formal extradition request accompanied [...]