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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday HB 1471, which grants the state’s chief of domestic security authority to designate domestic terrorist organizations. The chief may provide such a designation if they determine an entity operating in the state is engaged in terrorist activity, and the governor and cabinet approve the determination. The law [...]

A Russian court on Monday sentenced an incarcerated 30-year old Tajikistan man to three years imprisonment and a fine of 14,215 rubles (approximately US $180) for deliberate false accusation, after the man accused staff members at a detention center of physically beating him. According to the court, the Tajik citizen wished to inculpate staff of [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated an appellate ruling upholding Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction, clearing the way for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to dismiss criminal charges against the former White House strategist. In its order, the Court granted Bannon’s certiorari petition and remanded the case to the Court of Appeals for [...]

A US federal appellate court on Monday held that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) cannot enforce state sports-betting laws against financial services company and prediction market facilitator Kalshi while litigation is pending. The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a district court ruling that enjoined NJDGE and allowed Kalshi [...]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced Sunday that it will receive third-country deportees from the US as part of a new arrangement between the two nations, signaling ongoing Trump administration efforts to continue its controversial removal practices. DRC’s statement said the nation will begin to accept deportees in April, and the US will [...]

Human Rights Watch on Sunday called for the dismissal of charges brought by authorities in Kazakhstan against outspoken feminist and LGBTQ+ rights activist Zhanar Sekerbayeva. Commenting on the difficult circumstances faced by Sekerbayeva, Mihra Rittmann, Central Asia adviser at Human Rights Watch, stated: “The Kazakh authorities should drop the charges against Sekerbayeva and put an [...]

The Belarus parliament passed a bill on Thursday criminalizing “propaganda” for LGBTQA+ relationships, sex change, child-free lifestyles, and pedophilia, with punishment including fines, community service, or 15 days detention. Parliament drafted the bill in February 2024. The bill will now go to President Lukashenko, who is expected to sign it. Belarus decriminalized homosexuality in 1994, [...]

At least eight migrants deported from the US arrived in Uganda on Wednesday. The Ugandan Foreign Ministry only admitted to accepting the deportees on Friday, after widespread media coverage of a statement released by the Ugandan Law Society (ULS). On Thursday, the ULS and the East Africa Law Society released a joint statement announcing that [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on on Zimbabwean authorities to investigate harassment and violence against journalists that took place during a public hearing on a measure to extend the president’s term limit. On March 30, journalists and citizens gathered at the City Sports Center in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, to [...]

Amnesty International on Friday said that holding the Myanmar presidency must not shield Min Aung Hlaing from accountability for rights abuses, stating that “no individual should have immunity from prosecution for crimes under international law, no matter their position.” Min Aung Hlaing, the former head of Myanmar’s armed forces, led the 2021 coup that overthrew [...]