Iranian authorities’ mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 amounts to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Wednesday. In 1988, thousands of political prisoners were “summarily and extrajudicially executed” by Iranian authorities. The approximate number of executions is between 2,800 and 5,000. The report highlighted that evidence shows that Iranian authorities [...]

The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy and the Constitution (APPGDC) released a report Wednesday, condemning UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for “attacks” on judges and the judiciary as a whole.  The APPGDC reviewed UK Supreme Court decisions, heard testimony from lawyers and judges, and reviewed public statements from Johnson and other member of his [...]

UK human rights groups Wednesday filed for an injunction with the High Court in London to prevent the removal of asylum seekers under the new UK-Rwanda migration partnership. Without the injunction UK asylum seekers face removal to Rwanda, with the first removal flights scheduled to begin next week. Four asylum seekers and the groups Care4Calais, [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday made it harder to individually sue federal agents who violate constitutional rights. In a 6-3 decision the court limited the use of the 1971 case Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents to establish grounds for a lawsuit. Bivens allowed federal agents to be individually sued for violating the Fourth Amendment, [...]

A group of 90 women Wednesday filed a tort lawsuit against the FBI accusing two former FBI agents of failing to stop former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar from sexually abusing patients once the FBI was first made aware of allegations against Nassar. This lawsuit comes after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced [...]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation Wednesday arrested a man who threatened to kill a US Supreme Court Justice near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in Maryland. Nicholas John Roske called emergency authorities and indicated “he had a firearm in his suitcase.” While on the phone, Roske admitted “he came from California to kill a specific United States [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Tuesday ruled that a Honduran man’s conviction in California for possession of a forged social security number card (SSN) with a counterfeit government seal is grounds for deportation as a crime of moral turpitude. Pedro Vasquez-Borjas was convicted of forgery under California Penal Code § 472 because he [...]

The Court of the European Union (EU General Court) Wednesday released its judgement in Apple v EUIPO – Swatch, a court case that involved Swatch’s “Tick Different” slogan. The court said that Apple had no standing to appeal the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO) initial finding in favor of Swatch which said that Swatch [...]

Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault Tuesday released a recommendations report which proposed recommendations to further regulate electoral communications and broaden access to mail-in ballots. The Canada Elections Act allows the Chief Electoral Officer to “propose amendments to the Act designed to improve the administration of federal elections.” The report seeks to make it easier [...]

An FBI warrant application was released Tuesday revealing a criminal investigation into whether former US Marine Corps General John R. Allen engaged in undisclosed lobbying for Qatar, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press and New York Times. In April, the FBI submitted a search warrant application with the US District Court for the [...]