The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami, announced Tuesday the withdrawal of cases filed against students during 2022 anti-Agnipath protests. In his Independence Day speech, the Chief Minister declared that the cases filed against students protesting against the Indian government’s Agnipath scheme for military recruitment will be withdrawn shortly, as [...]

“The existence of `system’ in the world is obvious to every observer of nature, no matter whom.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man (1959)           Whether conspicuous or obscure, terrorism generally presents itself as a systemic challenge. This means, inter alia, that seemingly singular strategic and legal matters may actually be many-sided and interrelated. Regarding legal issues, though [...]

In the summer of 1983, ethnic violence swept the island nation of Sri Lanka. Known as Black July, the outbreak of communal violence between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority communities left thousands dead and hundreds missing. Four decades later, the legacy of the violence lives on, searing Sri Lanka‘s social and political landscape. This [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the District of Columbia alleging that it selectively enforced its defacement ordinance against anti-abortion protesters but not Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in the summer of 2020. The case is an appeal from the US District [...]

Norfolk and Suffolk Police forces announced Tuesday that the personal data of 1,230 people was leaked between April 2021 and March 2022. The data breach included personal identifiable information on victims, witnesses and suspects, as well as details of offences. These included instances of assault, sexual offences, domestic incidents and hate crimes. A statement issued [...]

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) posted a video on Tuesday showing Russian Navy personnel boarding a Palau-flagged cargo vessel traveling to Izmail, Ukraine in the Black Sea. This comes amid Ukraine’s announcement of a humanitarian corridor to allow ships stuck in Ukrainian ports to leave the Black Sea. Russia has established a de facto blockade [...]

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) released a special report on Tuesday saying that Iranian authorities are targeting, arresting and persecuting Sunni Muslim religious leaders for their opposition to the use of state violence. CHRI details the situation facing Sunni religious leaders, who are a religious minority in Shia-majority Iran, in the country’s [...]

The darkest epoch for women in Afghanistan transpired during the Taliban’s rule from 1996 to 2001. This era saw the deprivation of women’s fundamental human rights, as Islamic extremism and ethnocentrism supplanted freedom and democracy. Following the downfall of the Taliban regime and the establishment of an Afghan republic, a prolonged 20-year struggle between the [...]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the main US agency tasked with consumer protection, announced on Tuesday that it would begin the process of regulating companies that collect and sell personal data. The announcement was made in remarks at the White House from Director Rohit Chopra as part of an “all-of-government effort” to address personal [...]

In the summer of 1983, ethnic violence swept the island nation of Sri Lanka. Known as Black July, the outbreak of communal violence between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority communities left thousands dead and hundreds missing. Four decades later, the legacy of the violence lives on, searing Sri Lanka‘s social and political landscape. This [...]