Articles Tagged with war crimes

In light of President Donald Trump’s pardon, the US Court ​of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed an appeal from former Honduran president ‌Juan Orlando Hernandez and vacated a previous judgement against him on Wednesday. The court found that Hernandez’ pardon rendered the appeal of his conviction moot and dismissed it. For the same reason, [...]

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday that starting January 1, 2027, Greece plans to ban access to social media for children under the age of 15. The proposed ban is expected to be legislated in Greek Parliament through mid-2026. Leaders have made no public announcement as to which online platforms will be effected. [...]

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk condemned on Wednesday the massive wave of Israeli military strikes across Lebanon that reportedly killed hundreds and injured thousands, including civilians. Türk called the attacks “appalling,” stating: The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific. Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to [...]

The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday enjoined the Trump administration’s removal of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ethiopians in the US, allowing thousands to remain under the designation while the case continues in litigation. Ethiopia was first designated for TPS in 2022 due to escalating humanitarian concerns in the country. [...]

Several environmental groups and Alaskan tribes sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, challenging the administration’s recent repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment findings. Environmental groups, including several Alaskan tribes and Food & Water Watch, brought suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs challenged a final [...]

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has authority to guide federal investigations and countered accusations that the Justice Department has been used to target Trump’s political opponents. Blanche made the remarks during his first press conference since being appointed to the position last week, defending the president’s power to [...]

Thousands of Indigenous peoples gathered in Brasília on Tuesday to protest threats to their land rights, marching through Three Powers Plaza, home to Brazil’s Supreme Court, Parliament and Congress. The week-long protest is an annual event for the Free Land Camp (ATL) movement, mobilized by the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (AIPB). The ATL [...]

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed Australian police’s recent arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, an Australian soldier accused of committing five counts of war crimes in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012, as a step towards justice for victims. The arrest comes almost six years after the Independent Afghanistan Inquiry, or the Brereton Report, which detailed several [...]

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday called for international accountability in the midst of the Iran war, which it says has led to an unprecedented increase in human rights violations against civilians residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Stressing the severity of the situation in the region, with the rising death tolls as a [...]

Panama Ports Company, S.A. (“PPC”), a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison, commenced arbitration proceedings against Maersk A/S (“Maersk”) on Tuesday in the aftermath of the planned takeover by Maersk of PPC’s port terminals in Panama. The arbitration, occurring in London later this month, is to resolve a dispute involving a long-term contract, whose [...]