Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Monday that Beijing has restructured Hong Kong’s governance in a way that reduces accountability and tightens social control. The new system answers to the Chinese Communist Party leadership rather than Hong Kong’s people, and builds on the existing “draconian” national security regime. Elaine Pearson, Asia director at HRW, particularly [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal of a $5 million judgment finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, ending his effort to overturn the 2023 verdict. The court denied certiorari in Trump v. Carroll in a brief and unexplained order, which is typical [...]
Human Rights Watch on Monday criticized Islamist armed groups, allied militias, and Malian armed forces who have committed “serious abuses of human rights against civilians” amidst an insurgency of violence fueled by long-standing ethnic tensions in the country. Commenting on the large scale of atrocities committed against civilians in the region, senior Sahel researcher at [...]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday that his government was introducing legislation to strengthen the country’s ban on social media accounts for children under 16. Albanese praised the ban’s success, stating that it has led to the deletion of over five million social media accounts for children under 16. He noted, however, issues [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that federal law does not bar states from counting absentee ballots that arrive after election day, so long as they are postmarked by that date. The 5-4 decision in Watson v. Republican National Committee reversed a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling that had struck [...]
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday filed an application to bring proceedings against Rwanda over decades of war crimes and violence perpetrated in the DRC’s east. The Congolese government filed the case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ principal court for disputes between states. The DRC accused Rwanda [...]
Amnesty International raised concerns Friday over an absolute blanket ban by the Turkish government on all protests in the capital Ankara ahead of the NATO summit that is to be held in the city this coming week. The statement also decried the pretrial detention of more than 100 people, including lawyers, academics and activists. Amnesty [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled on Friday that the police must transmit an expunged misconduct record to the prosecution if it is relevant in a criminal proceeding. Civil rights group welcomed the ruling, calling it a “big win for the rights of the accused and police accountability.” Justice Sheila Martin, penning the unanimous [...]
A Virginia judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday that bars the Virginia State Police from enforcing a newly passed assault weapons ban, halting the law six days before it was set to take effect. Lancaster County Circuit Court Judge John Martin ruled in favor of the plaintiffs’ motion for an injunction on the law in [...]
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association on Thursday urged the federal government to affirm the right to seek medical assistance in dying (MAiD) of patients whose sole underlying medical condition is mental illness. The statement comes after Canada’s Parliament received a report from its special joint committee, suggesting an indefinite exclusion of patients with mental illness. [...]
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