The Hong Kong Court of First Instance on Friday found Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan, and the pair’s now-disbanded  Hong Kong Alliance, guilty of a “subversion” offense under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law (NSL). Three NSL-designated judges unanimously ruled that the defendants’ advocacy, through annual vigils on June 4, for “the end of one-party dictatorship” amounted [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Argentina of building techno-authoritarian surveillance infrastructure without adequate legal safeguards, as the government’s newly created AI security unit expands state monitoring powers over citizens’ online communications and physical movements.  In its latest report, the rights group stated that Argentina‘s Ministry of Security spent at least USD$1.2 million on surveillance technology [...]

The State of Minnesota on Tuesday sued to compel Texas Governor Greg Abbott to extradite Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Christian Castro, who faces state charges stemming from an ICE shooting in Minneapolis last January. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Governor Tim Walz sued in the US District Court for the Southern District [...]

Canada is deporting people at a record pace, and the political story being used to justify that pace does not hold up. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the federal agency that enforces immigration law and carries out deportations, removed 23,160 people in 2025, the highest number in a single year in Canadian history, and [...]

A bellwether federal trial began on Tuesday testing whether Meta can be held liable for designing its platforms, Facebook and Instagram, to addict youth users. The case, In re: Social Media Adolscent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Litigation, is a consolidated multi-district litigation (MDL) under 28 USC 1407. The lawsuit combines claims brought by a coalition of [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction Tuesday barring the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from conducting immigration enforcement actions at or near Quaker, Sikh and Baptist houses of worship that sued the Trump administration over the policy permitting them. The Fourth Circuit’s opinion recounts sworn declarations describing how congregations have changed [...]

The black flag—history’s stark symbol of no quarter—is rising again on the battlefields of the 21st century. It is not raised openly, as in the age of pirates or medieval siege warfare. Instead, it appears in battlefield orders, intercepted communications, and the grim aftermath of combat where surrendering soldiers and unarmed civilians are found executed. [...]

I was born into a family where law was not merely a profession; it was the ordinary language of everyday life. Around our dinner table, conversations rarely drifted far from litigation. Someone was always recounting a difficult case, a stubborn judge, an ingenious defense, an unexpected verdict, or a client whose fate had become inseparable [...]

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (UN Commission) reported Thursday that a rise in violence and atrocity crimes is disrupting South Sudan’s conflict resolution trajectory as the country is set to hold its first elections since independence in 2011. Under the authority of President Salva Kiir and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement [...]

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Wednesday unanimously expanded the scope of the landmark Maria da Penha Law (Law 11.340/2006), ensuring women are protected from gender-based violence not only in domestic settings but also in public, professional, political and community spaces. The STF ruled that protective measures under the law apply to all forms of [...]