Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a prominent challenge to the federal government’s 2020 ban on assault-style firearms on Tuesday. The ruling upheld the legality of the government’s decision to prohibit over 1,500 models of firearms deemed by Ottawa to be “assault-style” and unsuitable for civilian ownership. The challenge was led by the Canadian Coalition [...]
A federal judge in Texas vacated a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulation on Tuesday. The ruling by Judge Mark Pittman, a federal district court judge for the Northern District of Texas, removes many previous caps from credit card late fees. This comes amid a flurry of court decisions involving the CFPB, as the Trump [...]
The Associated Press (AP) filed a motion on Wednesday seeking to ensure immediate compliance with the injunction imposed last week that ordered the White House to allow AP reporters access to the press pool. The injunction was filed just one day after information was leaked regarding a new White House press policy that would once [...]
The Tunisian government has made arbitrary detention a central instrument of state policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report published Wednesday, alleging a systematic effort to quash dissent and stifle civil and political freedoms. According to the report, authorities have increasingly relied on vague anti-terrorism and conspiracy charges to jail critics, political opponents, [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ordered Trump officials on Tuesday to give sworn testimony regarding their compliance with her prior order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, despite a court order from 2019 barring such a [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US Department of Labor from requiring government contractors and federal grant recipients to certify that they do not operate any diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that violate any federal anti-discrimination laws. Executive Order [...]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday reported that nearly 60,000 Afghan refugees have been forcibly deported from Pakistan so far this month. The latest wave of forced deportations comes amid a nationwide effort to expel foreigners, whether they are residing in Pakistan legally or illegally, in the name of “national security.” Amnesty International [...]
Amnesty International called on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist and poet Mohamed Tadjadit, who is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for his peaceful expression of dissent. The appeal comes ahead of Tadjadit’s scheduled appeal hearing on April 17, and amid growing international condemnation of his conviction. “The imprisonment of Mohamed Tadjadit [...]
Amnesty International released an extensive report on Wednesday denouncing human rights violations in Mozambique following the 2024 elections. In the report, Amnesty International evaluated human rights abuses committed by Mozambican security forces during the post-election crackdown. The report concludes that the use of force by Mozambican authorities was reckless and unnecessary, amounting to violations of [...]
A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison and nearly 3 million dollars in civil reparation for aggravated money laundering. The couple was found guilty of accepting illicit contributions in the same amount to finance Humala’s presidential campaigns. A court in Lima, the [...]
