Two judges for the King’s Bench Division of the High Court in London ruled on Monday that the UK’s incidental export of fighter jet parts to Israel is lawful. In a 72-page judgment, Justices Males and Steyn contemplated the Secretary of State for Business and Trade‘s carve-out for the export of F-35 fighter jets components. [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday condemned the Chinese pressure on Hong Kong sice the imposition of the National Security Law on June 30, 2020. According to the rights organization, the actions of the Chinese government have hindered rights and freedoms in Hong Kong. Maya Wang, associate China director at HRW, said, “In just five [...]

A tech industry interest group, NetChoice, sued the US state of Arkansas on Friday over a new social media law, Act 901, arguing that it violates the First Amendment by restricting content on social media platforms. The act allows parents of children who committed suicide to sue these platforms. Netchoice, which represents many major tech [...]

Judges, lawyers, law students like myself, and legal advocates from across the United States and beyond attended a virtual event on Thursday entitled “Global Threats to the Justice System: A Warning to America”. The event was organized by Speak Up for Justice, a growing nationwide initiative launched by LA-based attorney and event host, Paul R. [...]

On June 26, the Criminal Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates reconvicted 24 defendants and handed down life sentences, reversing a previous ruling that had dismissed their cases. This decision brings the total convictions in this case to 83, including 67 life sentences. Human Rights Watch condemned the Supreme Court’s [...]

A US federal judge in Colorado on Thursday ruled that Filipino workers can proceed with forced labor claims against US-based construction companies that oversaw FIFA World Cup stadium projects in Qatar. Writing for the US District Court of Colorado, Magistrate Judge Cyrus Chung ruled that under 18 US Code § 1595 and § 1596, US federal [...]

Germany’s data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, announced Friday that the country has requested Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek, an AI chatbot developed by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co. Ltd., from their mobile app stores due to concerns over data security. Apple and Google must now review the notice and decide whether [...]

The international order today is no longer shaped by classical geopolitics defined by territorial boundaries, military alliances, and traditional warfare. Instead, global power is increasingly exercised through what can be described as networked geopolitics. In this emerging paradigm, influence flows across interconnected systems of information, infrastructure, ideology, finance, and digital communication. Power now resides in [...]

Interviews with police officers and internal police records in El Salvador expose widespread misconduct, including arbitrary arrests and abuse of power, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. HRW Americas Director Juanita Goebertus said: President Nayib Bukele publicizes his security policies as a positive model for the world, but the police officers we spoke with tell [...]

A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Friday to prevent the federal government from opening a migrant detention center at an airstrip in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve. The detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because the alligators, panthers, and pythons in the surrounding swamp would deter escapes, was set to open next week. The [...]