The government of Canada will proceed with the repatriation of 19 Canadian women and children being held at detention camps in northeast Syria. The lawyer for the applicants, Lawrence Greenspon, Thursday confirmed in an exclusive interview with the CBC that a “mutually acceptable” agreement has been reached. The agreement stems from a court action brought [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday charged Nexo Capital Inc. with failing to register a security that allowed consumers to earn interest on cryptocurrency. Nexo agreed to pay the SEC a $22.5 million penalty and cease the unregistered offer and sale of its “Earn Interest Product” (EIP) to US investors. Nexo also agreed to [...]

The Government of Western Australia (WA) Wednesday announced plans to introduce legislation banning the “display and possession” of Nazi symbols like the Hakenkrauz, also known as the Nazi swastika, in the state. WA joined Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania in its move. A statement from WA authorities acknowledged the continued existence of anti-semitism in [...]

India’s Supreme Court Collegium Wednesday reconsidered the proposal to appoint openly gay lawyer Saurabh Kirpal as a Delhi High Court judge, and observed that every individual is “entitled to maintain their own dignity and individuality based on sexual orientation.” Kirpal’s appointment has been pending for the last five years. Saurabh Kirpal is an Indian lawyer, [...]

The UN Wednesday confirmed the discovery of 49 bodies, including six children, in two mass grave in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These mass graves were found in the villages of Nyamamba and Mbogi in the Ituri area by the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of [...]

The US Supreme Court Thursday announced that investigators have been unable to identify the individual or individuals who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in May 2022. The court labeled the leak as a “grave assault” and unanimously agreed to the investigation. The court’s Thursday statement explains [...]

The US Department of State (DOS) Thursday launched the Welcome Corps, a new private sponsorship program for migrants arriving in the US. The program comes only a few weeks after the Biden administration announced they would extend a parole program to Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants crossing the US southern border. The parole program relies [...]

The Russian Federation Federal Security Service (FSB) Thursday announced that it is initiating a criminal case against an unnamed United States citizen on the grounds of crimes committed against state security. The citizen is suspected of committing  espionage under Article 276 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code.  Article 276 outlines that the crime of espionage [...]

As my various teams and I work at building a case against Vladimir Putin and his political and military leadership for international crimes, in conjunction with various governments and organizations worldwide, one of the questions that keeps coming up for me is: why did Putin invade Ukraine? We all have our learned and considered theories [...]

The European Parliament Thursday called upon the European Council to add the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other Iranian officials to the EU terrorist list. Members of Parliament (MEPs) said, “Any country in which the IRGC deploys military, economic, or informational operations should sever and outlaw ties with this agency.” The actions came in [...]