The Russian Ministry of Justice added Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) to its list of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) deemed “undesirable” in the country on Thursday. RSF Director General, Thibaut Bruttin, said in a statement responding to Russia’s actions that the Kremlin’s message was to continue to gag voices that exposed its censorship and [...]
The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a motion by defendants World Federation of Advertisers, Diageo PLC, WPP PLC, and GroupM Worldwide, Inc. to dismiss an antitrust suit on Wednesday that was filed by Rumble, Inc., a media company with ties to President Donald Trump. Rumble had accused the defendants, all [...]
The UK’s official human rights commission, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), sent a letter on Friday expressing concern about the “reports of police engagement” that involved “heavy-handed policing” at pro-Palestine protests. The EHRC’s letter was addressed to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, and the chief of the metropolitan police, Sir Mark Rowley. In the [...]
In addition to its as-yet undetermined consequences for a potential US-Iran nuclear deal, “Operation Midnight Hammer”—the US military operation that involved aerial strikes on three key Iranian nuclear facilities in June—has brought a long-standing legal debate with considerable implications for US foreign policy to the fore: the scope of executive war powers under the US [...]
The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. On Monday, the Indian Parliament’s monsoon session was disrupted once again as opposition parties took to the streets of New Delhi in protest. The session had so far been marred by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar’s resignation, multiple adjournments, and a [...]
As the leaders of the US and Russia prepare to meet in Alaska, analysts are trying to predict the potential policy implications of the historic summit. In contrast to the normal patterns of analysis of opaque autocracies and transparent democracies, the tricky part of this equation is not Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but US President Donald [...]
The UN raised alarm on Thursday over the sharp increase in conflict-related sexual violence in 2024, stating that “ore than 4,600 survivors endured abuses used as weapons of war, torture, terrorism and political repression” throughout the year. The UN urged all involved parties to “adopt clear orders prohibiting sexual violence” and “ensure accountability.” The UN [...]
The District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Friday challenging President Donald Trump’s emergency order placing the city’s police department under federal control. Four days earlier, the Trump administration declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital, and announced the DC police force would be placed under federal control. Trump invoked his emergency powers Monday under [...]
Judicial reforms recently passed by the Lebanese parliament are a step in the right direction but ultimately “fall short,” said Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a statement issued on Friday. The Lebanese Parliament passed a law regarding the organization of the judiciary on August 7. The new law evolved from the introduction of draft legislation [...]
New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the company behind the electronic payment platform Zelle for failing to protect its users from fraud. The lawsuit accuses Early Warning Services, LLC (EWS) of rushing its platform Zelle to market in 2017 to compete with Venmo and PayPal, prioritizing speed and [...]
