A federal judge in Oregon on Saturday ordered a temporary restraining order preventing the deployment of the National Guard to Portland by the Trump administration. Karin J. Immergut, the US District Judge on the case, noted that the matter between the State of Oregon and the President of the United States involves “the intersection of [...]
The United Kingdom’s Home Office introduced new police powers on Sunday to deal with protests in the country, authorizing local police forces to take into account the history of previous demonstrations when deciding whether to impose restrictions. According to the statement, police forces will now be allowed to evaluate “cumulative impact,” or the overall effect [...]
Amnesty International on Friday urged Moroccan authorities to immediately halt the use of excessive force against protesters, and to launch an independent investigation into the recent violent crackdown that has left at least three people dead, dozens injured, and more than 400 arrested across the country since late September. The rights organization said it had [...]
UN human rights experts on Friday condemned the disbarment and financial penalties imposed on Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Yam (Yam Kin Fung), calling them acts of reprisal for his public comments on the independence of Hong Kong’s judiciary in a May 2023 US Congress hearing. According to the experts, Yam was removed from the Roll [...]
The US on Friday accused Colombian President Gustav Petro of doing too little to reduce crime and drug trafficking. US Ambassador Mike Waltz told a UN Security Council meeting that Petro’s policies toward “narco-terrorist groups” are “irresponsible failures.” “The violence and drug trafficking perpetrated by these arms groups…can spread and jeopardize the safety of Colombians, [...]
Amnesty International on Friday expressed concern over the campaign of repression in Georgia in the run up to its October 4 local elections, citing reprisals against opposition figures, the silencing of independent media and civil society, and the arbitrary detention of protesters. Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia deputy director Denis Krivosheev stated: “The [...]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday condemned the attack at a synagogue in Manchester, England, calling it “particularly heinous” and stressing that “houses of worship are sacred places where people can go to find peace.” Guterres further voiced deep concern about “the alarming rise of antisemitism worldwide” and underscored the “urgent need to confront hatred [...]
The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Wolford v. Lopez, a constitutional challenge to Hawaii’s 2023 law restricting where individuals with concealed carry permits may bring firearms. The case, which the justices added to their docket following their annual “long conference,” could have sweeping implications for gun rights and state-level firearm regulations nationwide. [...]
US President Donald Trump’s administration sent a 10-page proposed agreement on Wednesday, called the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” to nine major US universities. The initiative marks an unprecedented effort by the administration to exercise federal power to reshape higher education in line with the president’s agenda. The document urges universities to align with the [...]
United Nations human rights experts called on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government on Friday to clarify the fate and whereabouts of more than 120 individuals who appear to have been forcibly disappeared after the violent suppression of anti-government protests in 2018. The experts also urged the state to cease using arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance [...]
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