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The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday issued a stay of proceedings and recalled a pending arrest warrant against state Attorney General Liz Murrill. The 5-2 per curiam decision pointed out “disturbing defects” in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court’s procedure, namely the (1) failure to follow the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure and administer a grand [...]

The British and Dutch governments made a public apology on Thursday to the people affected by the forced separation and forced adoptions of children in the second half of the last century. In England, between 1949 and 1976, the state and the Christian church created a system that targeted young unmarried women who had children [...]

A UN expert warned Thursday that racism, xenophobia, discrimination and other forms of intolerance are entrenched across professional sports. Dr. Ashwani K.P., the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, gave her report to the Human Rights Council, saying that “sport has the extraordinary ability to bring people together… yet, sport is not isolated [...]

A coalition of human rights organizations urged the EU and its member states Wednesday to demand transparency and human rights safeguards in ongoing negotiations for a bilateral extradition treaty between Vietnam and Thailand, warning that the agreement could provide a legal framework for the politically motivated arrest and forced return of Vietnamese dissidents and refugees. [...]

A US federal judge on Thursday prevented Philadelphia’s “ICE OUT” mandate from taking effect, holding that the law requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to remove masks and display badges sidesteps the Constitution’s “clear mandate” that localities do to interfere with federal law enforcement. In a lawsuit by the Department of Justice (DOJ) disputing [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday warned that the recent move by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to submit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) paints a bleak future for thousands of conflict survivors, threatening their right to truth, justice and reparations. Commenting on the gravity of this decision for victims [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday released a report concluding that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their siege and capture of El Fasher in North Darfur state, Sudan. The report, titled “City Under Siege, Children Under Fire: Rapid Support Forces’ Crimes Against Humanity in North Darfur,” documents the slow, [...]

A UN expert panel condemned the latest murder of a Mexican human rights activist on Wednesday, and called for a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation by state authorities. Sael Silva Cisneros, a prominent lawyer and advocate for Afro-Mexican and LGBTQ rights, was killed in an attack outside the town of Cuajinicuilapa on June 5, shortly [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits Wednesday against Virginia and California, alleging that newly enacted firearm restrictions in both states violate the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. The complaint filed against Virginia in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenges Senate Bill 749, which Governor Abigail Spanberger signed [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari to two consolidated cases challenging “assault weapon” bans, setting the stage to potentially reshape firearm regulations across the country. The court agreed to hear Viramontes v. Cook County out of the Seventh Circuit and Grant v. Higgins out of the Second Circuit, consolidating the cases for a [...]