Standing Rapporteur on Human Rights for the Council of Europe, Gudrun Mosler-Törnström, on Friday denounced the recent demolition of Roma houses in the Zaharna Fabrika area of Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in spite of an interim order from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that ordered Bulgaria to stop the forced evictions. According to NGO [...]

An association of more than 700 partners at major American law firms filed a brief on Friday in support of firm Susman Godfrey’s lawsuit against the Trump administration. The partners argue that recent executive orders exceed the president’s authority and violate the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments of the US Constitution. Law Firm Partners United [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Ronen Bar, head of the domestic security agency, of lying to the country’s top court, following a legal battle over the prime minister’s attempts to fire him. Netanyahu stated that Bar had not warned the country’s top leaders, including the prime minister, minister of defense, or the [...]

Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as well as the minority Tamil community, receiving a historic supermajority in the November 2024 Parliamentary elections. This broad mandate across ethnic lines presents a historic opportunity to address [...]

The Trump administration on Friday abruptly revoked its cancellation of more than 1,200 student visas held by international students, announcing a dramatic shift by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a court hearing in Washington. The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System is a web-based database tracking international students’ compliance with their visa status. ICE [...]

UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen warned Friday of grave consequences for Syria’s future without genuine political inclusion and urgent economic support for a successful political transition. During a briefing to the Security Council, Pedersen noted the legacies of misrule, conflict and poverty in Syria, stating: This means that the situation is inherently still [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern Friday over the deepening human rights crisis in and around El Fasher in North Darfur, calling for civilians to be allowed to leave and to be protected by both warring parties. Through a press release, Türk stated that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified [...]

Former US Representative George Santos was sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in federal prison. This ends years of controversial proceedings that saw Santos plead guilty to fraud and identity theft. A Republican from New York, Santos was elected to Congress in 2022. A small Long Island newspaper first raised concerns about Santos [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday urged political candidates in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) to reaffirm their commitment to press freedom ahead of the upcoming elections, following a sharp drop in the country’s security ranking on the World Press Freedom Index. Rising crime and the declaration of a state of emergency caused the country’s security [...]

A workers’ advocacy group has filed an unfair labor charge against the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (“Skadden”), for agreeing to provide provide free legal services to causes aligned with President Donald Trump’s administration and curtailing its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Specifically, the charge document has alleged that Skadden [...]