A New York federal jury on Tuesday found The New York Times (NYT) not liable for libel against 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The former Alaska governor filed suit in 2017, stating that the NYT damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her to a mass shooting in an editorial piece. The editorial piece, titled [...]
Amnesty International urged the US Department of Homeland Security to stop revoking the visas of foreign students in a letter-writing campaign Tuesday. The demand comes in light of the substantial rise in deportation proceedings initiated by the US government against students, particularly those protesting against human rights violations in the US or the Gaza Strip. [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday temporarily ordered the Trump administration to reinstate employees and restore funding and programming to federally funded networks under the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM). USAGM is an independent executive agency that oversees multiple networks to engage the world in “freedom [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case concerning the viability of religious opt-outs from LGBTQ+ curriculum in public schools. In the brief for the petitioners, the parents argue that “gender and sexuality are topics of enormous religious importance” and that “decisions related to these topics can have life-changing [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday warned that the latest wave of threats on journalists and media outlets in Indonesia has escalated, leading to a severe impact on press freedom across the country. According to HRW, these actions are against the fundamental principle of democracy and have led to nationwide outrage, with journalists criticizing the [...]
Two Israeli attacks in Lebanon between September and November 2024 appear to be indiscriminate attacks against civilians and should be investigated as war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed on Wednesday. HRW states that the two Israeli strikes on the town of Younine are evidence of the failure of Israeli forces to distinguish military targets [...]
Human Rights Watch submitted recommendations on Tuesday to Panama’s Ministry of the Environment regarding a draft executive decree that would regulate national, sectoral and municipal responses to climate change and adaptation, the biodiversity crisis, and the degradation of ecosystems. The submission emphasizes the need for a rights-based approach to planned communities facing climate-related displacement for [...]
Harvard University filed a lawsuit in US federal court on Monday seeking to block the Trump administration’s freeze on more than $2.2 billion in federal research funding to the university, arguing that the government’s action violates its Constitutional rights and undermines the autonomy of higher education institutions. The complaint, filed in US District Court for [...]
Twenty eight students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) in Parkland, Florida, and Florida State University (FSU) demanded Monday that Governor Ron DeSantis oppose efforts to lower the state’s minimum age to purchase a firearm after another deadly shooting last week. The letter sent Monday calls for DeSantis to reject attempts in Florida to [...]
The US Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge Monday to an appellate court decision that struck down a Minnesota law prohibiting adults aged 18-20 from obtaining a permit to own guns and carry them in public. Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president Alan M. Gottlieb in a statement: “We are cautiously optimistic [...]
