A bipartisan group of US Senators and Congressmen introduced similar bills Thursday mandating the Secretary of State to negotiate with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) to rename its office as the “Taiwan Representative Office.” Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Senator Bob Menendez introduced the Senate bill and Democratic Congressman Chris Pappas [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday found Russia violated Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights when it extradited one of its citizens from the Czech Republic. Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights grants individuals rights, stating that “veryone has the right to liberty and security of person. No [...]

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) published an article Thursday detailing the findings from a new database on mass shootings in the United States. The Violence Project database has collected information on 172 mass public shooters from 1966 to 2019 and covered more than 150 psychosocial history variables regarding the shooters, including such things as [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling Thursday that held inmates in Connecticut prisons do not have a First Amendment right to view or possess pictorial sexually explicit materials. The case involved a challenge to an administrative directive promulgated in 2012 that banned possession of pictorial sexually explicit [...]

The Canadian Armed Forces on Thursday discharged 58 individuals and issued “Notice of Intent” to discharge to 246 others for their refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Additionally, 66 other unvaccinated individuals have left voluntarily, exacerbating the increasing shortage of personnel amidst a growing list of requests for domestic assistance and international instability. This development [...]

The Federal Council of Austria approved a bill Thursday that requires all adults in Austria to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, bringing the mandate one step closure to taking effect.  The bill was passed by a vote of 47 to 12. Austria’s bill is the first sweeping vaccine mandate in the European Union. The mandate [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that the Civil Chamber of Poland’s Supreme Court composition lacks impartiality and independence, violating a company’s right to a proper hearing. In Advance Pharma Sp. Z o.o v. Poland, a company argued against the Main Pharmaceutical Inspector’s decision to withdraw a product from the market. The [...]

Philippines lawmakers approved a key provision in the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act mandating that social media accounts are created using a legal name and phone number, according to a statement made by a senator Thursday. The legislation aims to eliminate illegal activities enabled by mobile phones, the internet, or other electronic [...]

Approximately 1.5 million Ukrainian citizens have been displaced during the country’s conflict with Russia, the UN estimated Thursday. The Ukraine-Russia conflict has been ongoing from 2014. Many residents of towns, which have been damaged as a result of the conflict, have had to flee their homes and livelihoods. Over 4,000 displaced families are now living [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday “gross negligence” and violations of due process in the investigations of four politically sensitive murders that reveal donations failed to strengthen the rule of law in Lebanon. This comes a year after the assassination of pro-democracy activist Lokman Slim. The four murders were of Byblos Bank ethics department head [...]