UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy  said Wednesday that sanctions against Iran must be just and not harmful to innocent citizens. The sanctions  reimposed earlier this month by US President Donald Trump are “destroying the economy and currency of Iran, driving millions of people into poverty and making imported goods affordable,” stressed the UN expert. Jazairy stated: [...]

A Vietnamese court in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday began the trial of 12 people, including two American citizens, on charges of subversion. The government-run news agency said two Vietnam-born American citizens stand accused of commanding the distribution of “anti-state leaflets, tak over state radio stations to broadcast anti-government messages, and participat in anti-government protests.” [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein  said on Monday that he is concerned about the future of the UN because of the veto power held by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council: Russia, the US, China, the UK and France.  Zeid told  journalists that he felt the permanent five were “running [...]

Inmates across the US began a planned 19-day strike on Tuesday in protest of  poor conditions, no-to-low pay for work and racist prison administration. The strike, set to take place in 17 states, was organized by many groups, including Jailhouse Lawyers Speak , an organization made up of incarcerated prisoner rights advocates. Those participating in the strike [...]

US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was found guilty on five charges of tax fraud, two of bank fraud and one of failure to disclose a foreign bank account on Tuesday. Manafort also faced another 10 charges on which the jury could not reach a verdict. Judge TS Ellis of the US [...]

US President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty on Tuesday to five counts of tax fraud, one count of making a false statement to a financial institution, one count of causing an unlawful corporate contribution and one count of making an excessive campaign contribution. According to the plea agreement, the maximum term of [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced a regulation change to replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. In the EPA’s press release , Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler said: The ACE Rule would restore the rule of law and empower states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide modern, reliable, [...]

Argentina President Mauricio Macri  expressed his plan to report Venezuela to the International Criminal Court (ICC)  during an interview on CNN’s Spanish service Sunday night. From a transcript of part of the interview published in el Nuevo Herald , Macri, along with the leaders of Colombia, Paraguay and other Latin American countries, plan to propose a petition [...]

Former Nazi guard Jakiw Palij was deported from the US to Germany on Tuesday, fulfilling a 2004 federal court order, according to a statement from the White House . Palij was a guard at the Trawniki Labor Camp in 1943 and allegedly served to further “Operation Reinhard,” which was code for the Third Reich’s plan to murder all [...]

Attorneys general for 22 states and the District of Columbia on Monday urged  the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse President Donald Trump and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to strike down the rule rolling back net neutrality. Led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood, the lawsuit [...]