Articles Tagged with Russia

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Sunday warned that Pakistan’s “blasphemy laws” are being applied in a discriminatory manner toward non-Muslim minorities, resulting in entire communities being forced from their homes. In its 29-page report, HRW claimed that individuals and communities affiliated with religious minorities are denied equality before the law. The organization alerted that communities in [...]

On Sunday, the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a memorandum urging US President Donald  Trump’s administration to immediately withdraw National Guard troops from Los Angeles, following widespread protests that erupted over the weekend against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) directives ordering mass deportations of immigrants. Governor Newsom demanded that the Trump administration return [...]

Amnesty International called Sunday for investigation into the death of Kenyan political activist and blogger Albert Ojwang while in police detention, urging improvements in transparency and accountability within Kenya’s law enforcement agencies. According to a press statement by the National Police Service of Kenya (NPS), Ojwang hit his head against the wall and sustained head [...]

Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund announced on Saturday that Afghans abroad, including those who fled after the US withdrew its armed forces in 2021, will receive amnesty if they return to Afghanistan. Akhund stated: “Afghans who have left the country should return to their homeland… Nobody will harm them.” He called on officials to [...]

A judge in the UK has warned lawyers of the consequences for submitting court filings with fake cases generated by artificial intelligence (AI). In a judgment made available to the public on Friday, Dame Victoria Sharp considered two cases in which legal professionals were suspected of using AI involving non-existent citations in their submissions to [...]

Videos and reports from activists aboard the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship called the Madleen surfaced on their personal accounts Sunday night, showing Israeli authorities seizing the vessel as activists raised their hands in the air.  Shortly after the arrest footage was posted to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition X account, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the [...]

Thousands of opposition protesters demonstrated in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) of corruption and calling for an early election. The protest was organized by the country’s main opposition Popular Party (PP), after leaked audio recordings revealed a PSOE campaign to discredit the Central [...]

The Tokyo High Court on Friday overturned a district court ruling against the former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) which had ordered them to pay compensation of 13 trillion yen ($90 billion) for their failure to prevent the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The High Court’s ruling centered around TEPCO [...]

A US federal appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration can bar the Associated Press (AP) from some events and spaces in the White House. The opinion follows an AP lawsuit claiming the administration infringed upon the outlet’s First Amendment rights. Written by US Circuit Judge Neomi Rao, the 2-1 ruling stated [...]

A US federal judge granted approval Friday of a landmark $2.6 billion class action settlement that transforms college athletics by allowing schools to directly pay student-athletes for the first time in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history. In a released statement, NCAA president Charlie Baker said, “This is new terrain for everyone… Opportunities to drive [...]