Articles Tagged with Abimael Guzman

Twelve states’ attorneys general sued the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tuesday for conditioning its funding on compliance with the Trump administration’s policy of recognizing the existence of only two genders. The new HHS condition comes from its new Grants Policy Statement, among other similar policy changes, which sets forth conditions for [...]

Prosecutors in South Korea requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday over his failed declaration of martial law in December 2024, local media reported. During the final hearing of Yoon’s trial at Seoul Central District Court, prosecutors argued that the former president’s declaration of martial law amounted to insurrection and [...]

A UN expert on Monday commended the new proposals addressing the “longstanding crisis of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in England and Wales,” urging judicial reconsideration of the mechanism. Alice Jill Edwards, the special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, noted the UK House of Lords’ proposals for [...]

French farmers drove over 350 tractors in Paris on Tuesday as a sign of protest against low incomes and the EU-Mercosur partnership and trade agreement. The protest was organized by the National Federation of Agricultural Workers’ Unions (FNSEA). The FNSEA organized Tuesday’s protests as a response to the Council’s greenlight for the signature of the [...]

A US federal court ruled Monday that US President Donald Trump’s cancellation of clean energy grants to 16 Democratic-led states was illegal. In October 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it would cancel over $7.5 billion in clean energy project grants that funded 223 projects across the country. The agency claimed that the [...]

The Islamic Resistance Movement, commonly known as Hamas, stated Sunday that it is prepared to dissolve its government entities administering the Gaza Strip and hand them over to a “technocratic” Palestinian body. Spokesperson Hazem Qassem made the announcement in a televised address, stressing that the movement’s decision to relinquish control was “clear and final.” He [...]

Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, Human Right Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The mark set a new record for the highest annual number of executions in the nation since monitoring began. Saudi Arabia exceeded its execution record for the second year in a row, increasing from 345 in 2024. Most of those [...]

Minnesota and Illinois filed separate federal lawsuits Monday challenging the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement operations, alleging constitutional violations and claiming federal agents have terrorized communities across both states. Minnesota’s lawsuit, filed jointly with the municipalities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, targets “Operation Metro Surge,” which has deployed thousands of Department of Homeland Security agents [...]

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Sunday condemned the arson attack on the building of the Beth Israel Congregation and Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Mississippi’s largest synagogue. The suspect, Stephen Spencer Pittman, 19, allegedly set the synagogue on fire early Saturday. The ADL’s South Central Regional Office issued the statement saying it was “horrified” [...]

The Supreme Court of British Columbia (BC) heard a constitutional challenge on Monday to end forced transfers of patients seeking access to medical assistance in dying (MAiD), brought by organization Dying With Dignity Canada (DWDC). Currently, access to MAiD in certain cases is impaired by caretakers whose religious beliefs conflict with patient requests. In some [...]