Articles Tagged with Guantanamo

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves appeared before a congressional committee on Friday, forcefully rejecting corruption allegations and denouncing what he described as a politically motivated “judicial coup d’état.” Chaves told legislators that the Attorney General and magistrates orchestrated the case in retaliation against his administration. He framed the proceedings as an attack on the presidency [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday released its opinion regarding the application for stay in the case National Institute of Health (NIH) v. American Public Health Association (APHA), et al. In a 5-4 vote, the justices paused the lower court’s order, which required the government agency to continue making the grant payments. An executive order [...]

The US District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a ruling on Thursday that Alina Habba, who was appointed as the interim US attorney for the District of New Jersey, has had no legal authority since July 1. According to the court’s decision, the US Senate has not approved Habba’s appointment to the [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his call for a ceasefire on Thursday at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, just a day after the “preliminary phase” of the Israeli military’s offensive plan began in Gaza. Secretary-General Guterres urged that it is “vital to immediately reach a ceasefire in Gaza.” He emphasized, “he decision [...]

UN experts expressed concern on Thursday over continued and escalating threats against journalists with London-based Iran International. A group of UN special rapporteurs reviewed “credible threats to the lives and safety of 45 Iran International journalists and staff and 315 of their family members in seven countries,” including several European countries, Canada, Türkiye, the USA, [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu to reject a proposed media bill introduced in Parliament, saying it would severely undermine press freedom and place the media under government control in the country. The bill, introduced in the Maldives Parliament on August 18, 2025, aims to replace existing [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on torture Alice Jill Edwards, along with other human rights experts, delivered a dossier Thursday to the Russian Federation on sexual torture allegations, detailing the cases of 10 Ukrainian civilians abused in occupied regions of Ukraine, including Kherson, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia. Edwards commented: “These separate allegations, capturing the experiences of four women [...]

The California legislature on Thursday approved a redrawn congressional redistricting map that could cut five Republican-held US House seats. The move comes after Texas approved its own new redistricting efforts that would give Republicans an upper hand in the 2026 midterm elections. President Donald Trump urged Texas to redraw its state congressional maps in the [...]

Citing violations of federal environmental law, a federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction blocking further expansion of Alligator Alcatraz, a controversial immigration detention facility in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve. US District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that state and federal defendants failed to conduct required environmental assessments before constructing the camp within the [...]

Texas Republicans prevailed Wednesday in a vote for a bill that would allow lawmakers to redraw a district map to add five new Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives. The bill has been backed by President Donald J. Trump and has drawn national attention for its potential effects on the 2026 midterm elections [...]