The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted an injunction that had blocked President Donald Trump from implementing sweeping reforms aimed at restructuring the federal government. The case centers on Executive Order 14210, signed in February, which directs federal agencies to undertake “large-scale reductions in force” and submit reorganization plans that could eliminate or consolidate existing [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday urged Sudanese authorities to immediately release two freelance journalists detained in North Darfur. CPJ Middle East and North Africa regional director Sara Qudah said, “The July 7 arrest of freelance journalists Nasr Yaqoub and Mohamed Ahmed Nazar is a clear attack on the public’s right to know [...]

A coalition of rights groups urged Guinean authorities on Tuesday to “urgently reveal” the whereabouts of civil society activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah, who were forcibly disappeared one year ago. Co-signed by 25 Guinean and international human rights organizations, the statement read: We call on Guinean authorities to break their unbearable silence regarding [...]

Several medical organizations filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other government officials on Monday, alleging that a new department directive is unlawful and harms the physician-patient relationship, among other claims. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, and other health organizations brought the suit in [...]

On Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to immediately release journalist Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran national and Spanish-language reporter arrested last month. The statement follows a federal immigration judge’s ruling on July 1 granting Guevara $7,500 bail and ordering his release from ICE custody. Guevara remains [...]

In court documents filed on Monday, El Salvador officials stated that the US maintains exclusive control over deportees imprisoned at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador, directly contradicting claims by US President Donald Trump’s administration that the US has no authority to return unlawfully deported individuals. This suggests that the Trump administration openly [...]

Peru’s Congress is actively eroding the independence and capacity of the judiciary to fight organized crime, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report, “Congress in Cahoots: How Peru’s Legislature Is Allowing Organized Crime to Thrive,” revealed how the Peruvian Congress is actively undermining the country’s ability to combat organized [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing federal agencies to eliminate subsidies for wind and solar energy projects. The presidential order, titled “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources,” coincides with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which recently passed in the House and the Senate. Within 45 [...]

The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. On Monday, the Supreme Court of India (SCI) agreed to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission’s (ECI) decision to verify and revise the State of Bihar’s electoral rolls as it awaits assembly elections later this year. This [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders Tuesday for their alleged role in the persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan. The warrant accused Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani of implementing extensive legal restrictions on women and girls that violate women and girls’ “rights [...]