Articles Tagged with Erez Reuveni

Don Lemon, an independent journalist, was arrested with eight other people on Thursday after being indicted by a federal grand jury.  The charges relate to his involvement in coverage of an anti-ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) protest at a church in St. Paul on January 18. The indictment alleges that 20-40 protestors entered The Cities [...]

The Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China announced a group execution Thursday that brought a landmark cross-border crime case to a close. The eleven ringleaders from the northern Myanmar Ming family criminal syndicate and its affiliated fraud groups have been executed. The 11 people executed had committed grave crimes against Chinese citizens, [...]

Amnesty International on Friday urged Kyrgyzstani authorities to end journalist Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy’s imprisonment and quash all charges against her. Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia director, said that authorities face “a clear and unavoidable choice: uphold their international human rights obligations or continue to defy them.” She added: The UN Working Group [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged a man on Thursday with “forcibly assaulting and interfering with” Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar at a town hall in North Minneapolis. The defendant, Anthony James Kazmierczak, appeared in front of a US District Court in the District of Minnesota following a complaint filed by District Attorney Daniel N. [...]

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria welcomed the ceasefire agreement between the Government of Syria and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday, while urging the return of displaced populations and access to aid in Northeastern Syria. Paulo Pinheiro, the chair of the Commission of Inquiry, stated, “We welcome efforts to bring stability to [...]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday issued warning letters to 42 law firms, explaining that their participation in a diversity certification program may violate federal antitrust laws. The letters from FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson targeted firms enrolled in the Mansfield Certification program, operated by consulting company Diversity Lab. According to the company’s “Meet [...]

US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters on Friday that the Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis last weekend. Blanche said the FBI will lead the investigation alongside lawyers from the Justice [...]

A UN expert urged states to recognize hostage-taking as a crime against humanity on Thursday. The statement comes as a preparatory committee is drafting a treaty on crimes against humanity. The Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, called on states participating in the negotiations to include hostage-taking as a crime against humanity in the [...]

The European Union (EU) has designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization following a violent crackdown on protesters that killed thousands in recent weeks. The designation was adopted by EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday, and places the IRGC under the bloc’s terrorism framework. EU officials framed the designation [...]

Editor’s note: This story is part of ongoing coverage of the lead up to Mangione’s trial. Read coverage of federal oral arguments to dismiss Counts Three and Four here. Judge Garnett of the Southern District of New York dismissed Counts Three (murder through use of a firearm) and Four (firearms offense) in US v. Mangione [...]