The US Supreme Court Monday denied a request by pharmaceutical company executives to overturn their convictions. The former executives of Insys Therapeutics were charged with bribing doctors to distribute a fentanyl-based pain medication that the company was selling. John Kapoor filed a petition with the court back in January claiming that the US Court of [...]

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken Monday announced visa restriction for 93 individuals believed to have undermined democracy in Nicaragua following President Daniel Ortega reelection. The US State Department labeled the election a “sham.” Ortega has consistently been accused of committing human rights violations, including jailing political dissenters and cracking down on free press. [...]

The State of New York Court of Appeals Tuesday ruled that Happy the elephant is not a “person” subject to illegal detention and thus cannot invoke habeas corpus. In 2018, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a petition for a common law writ of habeas corpus in order to transfer Happy from the Bronx Zoo to an [...]

Members of white supremacist group Patriot Front Monday were released from jail on bond after being charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor. Coeur d’Alene police originally arrested 31 group members on Saturday after a 911 call reported men in riot gear near a local pride event who “looked like a little army.” Police first [...]

Last week, Kenya’s parliament passed the controversial Information, Communication Technology (ICT) Practitioners Bill 2020. This is a bill that has found its way back to parliament time and time again despite being rejected in 2016, 2018 and 2020. It seeks to regulate people who make use of technology in order to collect, process, use or [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday reported that prominent Rwandan YouTube commentator Aimable Karasira has accused prison authorities of beating him and other jailed critics. Karasira spoke out about losing a family member to Hutu extremists and to the RPF during and after the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In May 2021, he was arrested and charged with [...]

British legislators Monday published a Reformed Northern Ireland Protocol to tackle disruption to post-Brexit trade with EU nations like Ireland. The original protocol aimed to keep Northern Ireland aligned with the EU market to avoid a hard border between the province and the EU. However, this policy would result in higher checks for goods between [...]

The Wikimedia Foundation Monday released a statement about their appeal of a Russian court ruling which held that the site committed an administrative offense. In March, a Moscow court fined the foundation approximately $65,000 USD for refusing to remove Wikipedia articles on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The court ruled that the articles were “disinformation” [...]

New York Governor Kathy Hochul Monday signed six bills aimed at protecting the rights of those who provide and seek abortions. The legislative package includes the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) and the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act (CCCA).  Hochul commented: Reproductive rights are human rights, and today we are signing landmark legislation to further protect them and all who [...]

A UK High Court judge ruled against Brexit activist Arron Banks Monday in his libel case against journalist Carole Cadwalladr. The case concerned a tweet and TED talk by Cadwalladr, an independent journalist with a popular podcast who has written for the Guardian and the Observer.  Mrs Justice Karen Steyn found that Cadwalladr’s TED talk [...]