The US State Department on Wednesday announced that it will halt all assistance programs that benefit the Somali Federal Government after a report that a US-funded World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse was demolished and its contents seized by Somali officials. The online post said that President Donald Trump has a “zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft, [...]
Google and Character.AI, an artificial intelligence firm (AI), agreed Wednesday to settle a lawsuit linked to a teen’s suicide in 2024, a landmark settlement for AI-related harm cases. The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed the lawsuit following the agreement between the plaintiff and defendants. The parties have 90 days to [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will begin hearings on the merits of the Rohingya Genocide Case on January 12, marking a crucial stage in the process of prescribing legal accountability for the atrocities that have taken place in Myanmar since 2016. In November 2019, The Gambia requested that the court institute proceedings against Myanmar [...]
President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Wednesday directing the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The memorandum orders all executive departments and agencies to cease participation in and funding for 35 non-UN organizations and 31 UN entities [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Wednesday that South Sudanese security forces have committed human rights violations against civilians, including arbitrary arrests and torture, under the pretext of a crackdown on criminal gangs. The organization urged the authorities to halt these actions and conduct thorough investigations into all alleged abuses. HRW stated that South Sudanese [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that Iranian authorities have intensified violent crackdowns on nationwide protests, urging them to halt the unlawful use of force and release those arbitrarily detained. According to HRW, the government used lethal force to suppress the unrest, such as deploying military-grade weapons, metal pellets fired from shotguns, tear gas, and [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that the Egyptian government has “severely undermined the rights to education and health care” through a lack of funding. It called for the government to “guarantee free primary education” and “ensure high-quality health care is universally accessible.” According to HRW, the Egyptian parliament approved an education budget of [...]
A federal court on Tuesday denied the government’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. The case will continue on Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) claims. The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) established standing by [...]
The Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court decision holding that a state law generally banning abortion and a separate law that prohibited the use of abortion pills are unconstitutional. Wyoming passed the abortion bans in 2022, which included one total ban unless a situation of rape or incest occurred, and one banning [...]
A Minneapolis Hilton Hotel has denied service to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents in protest of immigration enforcement activity in the city, an online post revealed Monday. DHS posted an email exchange between agents and the hotel, in which a hotel manager cancelled a DHS reservation after discovering ties between agents and their “immigration [...]
