The secretary-general of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, welcomed on Wednesday International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan’s decision to seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, regarding alleged crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya minority. Callamard stated: Today’s announcement by the ICC prosecutor is a decisive step and an important [...]
The governments of Chile, Costa Rica, Spain, France, Luxembourg and Mexico referred the situation in Afghanistan for further investigation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday, citing ongoing violations of women’s rights. In a press release, the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: Today, the governments of the Republic of Chile, the Republic of [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Kazakhstan’s authorities on Thursday to guarantee a fair appeal for an investigative journalist sentenced to prison for spreading false information. The rights group also called on the country to revise its laws concerning speech offenses to align them with international standards for freedom of expression. HRW considered the reporter’s imprisonment [...]
The Leninsky District Court of Kursk in Russia issued an arrest order for France 24 journalist Catherine Norris Trent and several other unidentified individuals on Tuesday. In a statement issued on Telegram, the court alleged that the group crossed into the Sudzhansky District of Kursk illegally while filming a report with Ukrainian armed forces. According [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 8-1 on Wednesday that the Quebec government acted dishonorably by refusing to negotiate funding terms for the First Nations police force in the Mashteuiatsh community. The court dismissed the Canadian province’s appeal, upheld the lower court’s decision, and ordered the province to pay $767,745 in accumulated deficits from 2013-2017. [...]
WhatsApp Ireland Ltd appealed a €225 million ($236 million) fine to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Tuesday, the European Union’s highest court of appeal. The company, owned by Meta, is challenging a binding decision issued by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) regarding alleged violations of its data privacy obligations. [...]
Maine’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against multiple large oil companies alleging negligence, nuisance, unfair trade practices, failure to warn and trespass as parens patriae. Included among the parties being sued are Exxon, Shell, Chevron, British Petroleum (BP), Sunoco and the American Petroleum Institute (API). In the complaint submitted by the state, the attorney [...]
Chief US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain found New York City in contempt Wednesday for failing to reduce violence and brutality in the Rikers Island jail complex. Judge Swain said the city was placing detainees and jail staff in “unconstitutional danger” by not complying with court orders nine years after the city acknowledged the unconstitutional [...]
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published a report on Tuesday highlighting the worsening condition of press freedom in Afghanistan, with journalists encountering increasing limitations, arbitrary detentions, and a widespread atmosphere of fear and self-censorship, since the Taliban seized power in August 2021. Under Taliban control, Afghan journalists face numerous dangers, such as [...]
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Wednesday signed a bill into law that restricts transgender students from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity. Senate Bill (SB) 104 requires public school buildings and facilities to “designate each student restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room” to be for “the exclusive use by students of [...]
