The US Department of Justice (DOJ) joined a lawsuit on Thursday over the redrawing of California’s congressional districts, requesting that the state be enjoined from using it in the 2026 election. DOJ stated in the complaint: Although the Supreme Court has allowed race-conscious redistricting to rectify prior violations of the Voting Rights Act, the Department [...]
A US federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to release hundreds of people from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, claiming they were arrested in likely violation of the Castañon Nava federal consent decree. The order, penned by Judge Jeffrey Cummings of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, [...]
A new UN report on Thursday revealed how recent junta violence in Myanmar has violated the rights and devastated the lives of disabled persons living in the country. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said that discriminatory barriers for disabled persons have grown since the nation’s military coup in [...]
A US federal appellate court panel on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case to determine whether Congress may strip Planned Parenthood and its affiliates of its Medicaid funding. The case challenges the “Defund Provision” of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which excluded Planned Parenthood-affiliate organizations from federal funding. Before the US Court of [...]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders on Wednesday to prioritize Africa and promote peace, security and sustainable development on the continent. The statement follows the Ninth African Union-UN Annual Conference, where the UN and the African Union (AU) discussed the need to implement further cooperation frameworks, as well as to boost joint action to [...]
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping spending measure Wednesday, ending the longest government shutdown in US history and funding federal operations through January 2026. The House passed the bill 222-209, with six Democrats joining Republicans to secure passage despite the GOP’s narrow majority. Two Republicans voted against the measure. Republicans blamed Senate Democrats for the [...]
The Game Over Israel organization, with support from Athletes 4 Peace, a collective of professional athletes, issued a letter on Tuesday urging the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to suspend Israel over its human rights violations against Palestinians. The letter was signed by more than 70 prominent sports figures, including footballers, cricketers, and boxers. [...]
Human Rights Watch raised concern on Tuesday over the authorities in Cameroon responding to widespread opposition-led protests following the October 12 elections with lethal force and mass arrests of protesters and other citizens. Tuesday’s report detailed a violent crackdown that followed the Constitutional Council’s announcement on October 27, declaring 92-year-old incumbent Paul Biya the winner [...]
France’s National Assembly on Wednesday voted to suspend a contentious pension reform law until after the 2027 presidential election. Wednesday’s vote, included as part of the vote on an amendment to France’s 2026 social security budget, passed by a margin of 255 to 146 with 104 abstentions. The push to suspend the pension reform law, [...]
Venezuelan nationals deported to El Salvador in the spring by the US government were tortured and ill-treated, advocacy groups reported Wednesday. According to an 81-page report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Cristosal, a Salvadoran advocacy group, members of a group of 252 Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador’s notorious Center for Terrorism Confinement [...]
