The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent warning letters Wednesday to 12 websites that offer so-called “nudify” tools, saying they have failed to comply with a federal law requiring platforms to remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours of a valid request. The letters, addressed to companies the FTC did not publicly name, allege the [...]
Two Washington DC police officers who served during the 2021 US Capitol attack sued the Trump Administration on Wednesday to challenge the legality of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” which would provide apologies and monetary relief to individuals who have “suffered weaponization and lawfare.” The plaintiffs are former Capitol Police [...]
The International Court of Justice opined Thursday that an international labor treaty protects the right to strike. The advisory opinion provides clarity to the treaty provisions, particularly the scope of the right to association at international law. The controversy centers on the interpretation of articles 2, 3, and 10 of the Freedom of Association and [...]
The UN reported on Wednesday that nearly 30,000 people have fled their homes in Haiti to escape a new wave of violent attacks perpetrated by armed gangs over the past 10 days, exacerbating the already dire humanitarian and security situations resulting from ongoing gang violence in the Caribbean island nation. The majority of the violent [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that four cruise lines can be sued for using docks in the Port of Havana that Cuba’s communist government seized from an American company in 1960, reviving a case that could leave the companies owing hundreds of millions of dollars. The 8-1 decision sided with Havana Docks Corp., which [...]
Amnesty International on Tuesday demanded the removal of a commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), known by his nom de guerre “Abu Lulu,” citing war crime allegations against him. Amnesty International’s regional director for East Africa, Tigere Chagutah, stated: It is alarming to learn he has returned to combat without any investigation into the allegations. The RSF [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged states to protect the world LGBTQ+ community, in a statement marking the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Türk said discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community remain widespread. More than one in three countries still criminalize consensual same-sex conduct, he said. Last year, [...]
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday vetoed a pair of bills that would have created a retail marketplace for legal marijuana in the state, saying the proposed legislation was premature and could not be “successfully implemented” without “unintended consequences that harm Virginians.” Virginia became the first southern state to legalize recreational marijuana in 2021, but [...]
US federal prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed a superseding indictment charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five former Cuban military pilots in the 1996 shoot-down of two civilian planes flown by the Miami exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an attack that killed four people. An investigation by the International Civil Aviation Organization found that [...]
Amnesty International released a report Monday stating that the number of executions globally hit its highest number since 1981. The group condemned use of the death penalty to create a climate of fear, under the pretext of national security and public safety. In the report, Death Sentences and Executions 2025, the group estimated that there [...]
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