Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the “systematic attack” on the rights of Baloch activists in Pakistan. The organization called for the immediate release of detained protesters, including prominent human rights defenders Dr. Mahrang Baloch, Sammi Deen Baloch and Bebarg Zehri, and demanded a thorough investigation into the police violence during a March 21 protest in [...]
The news about the administration of Donald Trump using the messaging app Signal to plan military operations has galvanized many in the public. On March 24, reports emerged that beginning on March 11, Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg had been added to a Signal group titled “Houthi PC small group”. The chat included various Cabinet members [...]
The deans of 79 US law schools issued a joint letter on Wednesday condemning US President Donald Trump’s efforts to sanction law firms and lawyers, warning that such actions violate the US Constitution. The deans, who signed the letter in their personal capacity, stated: We write to reaffirm basic principles: The government should not punish lawyers [...]
Poland’s Council of Ministers adopted a regulation on Thursday suspending the right to asylum applications for migrants arriving from Belarus. The regulation will implement a 60-day restriction on the right to asylum on the border with Belarus. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the regulation will come into force immediately. This regulation comes into [...]
The Brazilian Supreme Court unanimously decided on Wednesday to proceed with a trial against former president Jair Bolsonaro for conspiring to overthrow the government after his 2022 election defeat. Last month, Prosecutor General of the Republic Paulo Gonet Branco charged Bolsonaro and 34 other individuals with acts committed “against the Three Branches of Government and [...]
US federal authorities arrested and detained Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk on Tuesday in Medford, Massachusetts. Ozturk is a Turkish national on an F-1 visa, which allows her to study in the US. Footage of the arrest shows unidentified officers with their faces covered apprehending Ozturk as she walks down the street. They identified [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the escalating violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, near the border with Venezuela, where armed groups have committed severe human rights abuses and displaced tens of thousands of residents. The organization called for immediate measures to protect civilians and ensure accountability for the atrocities committed by these groups, including [...]
A lawsuit challenging the use of a commercial messaging app by members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet to coordinate military strike plans in Yemen was assigned on Wednesday to Judge James Boasberg, the same federal judge whose ruling on Venezuelan deportations to El Salvador recently sparked tensions between the White House and judiciary. The latest [...]
Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Tuesday vetoed Senate Bill 296, a bill that would have granted him the power to appoint the chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court every four years. Presently, the members of the Utah Supreme Court have an exclusive say on who becomes the chief justice. SB 296 would have changed [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California allowed President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking the processing of refugee applications to take effect on Tuesday. However, the order states that processing of individuals conditionally approved for refugee status before the executive order was issued must continue. The executive order effectively suspends the [...]
