UN experts on Wednesday expressed their disapproval of the acquisition and use by the National Police of the Irish Republic (Gardaí) of so-called “less-lethal” weapons such as “double-strength pepper spray” and tasers for crowd control purposes. Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Gina Romero, and Special Rapporteur on [...]
A US judge ruled Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as the time period for his removal period has expired and further detention would violate due process. Judge Paul Xinis for the US District Court of Maryland found that the government has a limited time period to detain someone [...]
The Congress of Peru on Tuesday approved seven motions of censure against the President of Congress and Interim President of the Republic of Peru, José Jerí, over accusations of corruption. During a plenary session, 75 members of Congress voted in favor of removing José Jerí from office, with 24 opposing and three abstentions. The approved impeachment [...]
A French appeals court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to enforce compensation for Nicaraguan banana plantation workers harmed by pesticides. The Paris appeals court released a judgment stating that “the sums awarded to each claimant… are manifestly disproportionate.” This confirmed the previous decision by the court of first instance. The case was first brought by [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned the US for the transfer of 5,700 detainees with alleged ISIS affiliation from Syria to Iraq, where detainees face risk of enforced disappearance, unfair trials, and torture. The US transferred the detainees on January 21 as the Syrian government tried to gain control of Northeast Syria from the [...]
UN experts released a statement on Monday expressing concern over historic illegal intercountry child adoptions in Guatemala and allegations that Attorney General María Consuelo Porras had handled the transfer of at least 80 Indigenous children who were eventually sent abroad. Experts decried the current lack of transparency and investigatory process, stating: We are particularly troubled that [...]
The trial for the father of the teenager accused of the 2024 shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School began Monday, as prosecutors argue the father is culpable for giving his son the gun despite having notice of his son’s previous threats. The father, Colin Gray, faces 29 counts, including two counts of second-degree murder, two [...]
The first major hearing in the International Criminal Court (ICC) case against former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is a critical first step toward ensuring justice for victims of his War on Drugs, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. The pre-trial proceedings are set for February 23-27. Three judges will hear evidence and evaluate whether [...]
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) opened an inquiry into social media platform X on Tuesday following reports that its AI chatbot has produced sexual “deepfake” images. The DPC investigation concerns the apparent creation and dissemination “of potentially harmful, non-consensual intimate and/or sexualised images” on X created using integrated AI chatbot “Grok,” developed by owner Elon [...]
A US judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must reinstall a museum exhibit about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia. Judge Cynthia Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, found that Department of the Interior violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by removing the slavery exhibit. The court [...]
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