Articles Tagged with Guantanamo

South Korea’s foreign ministry announced Monday that South Korean nationals detained in a recent US immigration raid are expected to return home voluntarily, avoiding formal deportation. South Korean presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik revealed return plans for the detained South Korean workers following negotiations with the US. Kang stated that the government intends to [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday that Houthi authorities detained at least 19 UN workers in Yemen three days after Israeli operations in the nation’s capital killed Houthi leader Ahmed al-Rahawi and several other government officials. HRW stressed how the arbitrary detainments ultimately harm Yemeni civilians, stating: At a time when the majority of people [...]

US President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court Monday to block a judge’s order that would force the government to spend $4 billion on foreign aid programs the president opposes. The emergency appeal escalates a constitutional dispute over whether presidents can effectively cancel congressional spending after signing it into law. The conflict centers on [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday stayed a federal judge’s order that had restricted immigration enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area, allowing the government to resume controversial raids while the case proceeds through appeals. The case stems from federal immigration raids that began in Los Angeles in June. Officers targeted locations known to be [...]

The UN on Sunday condemned Russia’s large-scale missile strikes on Ukraine that killed four people, including a baby, and injured 44. According to several news outlets, the strikes constituted the largest attack since Russia’s invasion in February 2022. It also marked the first time a government building in Kyiv has been struck, the Cabinet of [...]

Thousands of Brazilians protested in the streets on Sunday as former president Jair Bolsonaro’s trial verdict for an alleged attempted coup nears. Currently under house arrest, Bolsonaro was charged in January with organizing a coup following the 2022 presidential election, which he lost to current president Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro and several accomplices were charged [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called Friday on the US to immediately lift sanctions it has imposed on three prominent Palestinian human rights groups, stating the measures are “completely unacceptable and should be withdrawn.” The sanctions target Al-Haq, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights. In imposing [...]

UN human rights experts released a statement Friday demanding that Saudi Arabia immediately halt executions of people convicted of offenses committed as minors, following the execution of Jalal al-Labbad last month. Labbad was 21 years old when he was arrested without a warrant by Saudi authorities in February 2017 for his participation in protests in [...]

AI company Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement on Friday, aimed at resolving a sweeping class-action lawsuit brought by authors who alleged the company used pirated copies of their books to train its chatbot, Claude. According to the proposed agreement, which is subject to judicial approval, the settlement provides roughly $3,000 to each of [...]

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to provide legal protection for Venezuelan and Haitian migrants. Over 1 million migrants from the two countries faced deportation under a plan from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). At issue is a DHS plan [...]