The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned of escalating violence in Syria in a statement on Sunday, urging an immediate end to the killing of civilians in the coastal areas of northwest Syria. He stated: Following a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by elements of the former government and other local [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that governments should provide more support to Tibetans in exile, in a statement marking the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China. On March 10, 1959, Tibetans gathered in Lhasa, to protest against Chinese occupation and protect the Dalai Lama, who was under the threat of assassination. [...]
US immigration agents on Saturday detained a Palestinian recent Columbia University graduate, according to a statement from Student Workers of Columbia. Mahmoud Khalil was inside a residence owned by the university when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents entered his apartment and took him into custody. According to his lawyer, Amy Greer, ICE agents [...]
A court in Delhi, India, on Friday dismissed a challenge from local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cabinet minister Kapil Mishra to a summons in a case involving allegations that he made inflammatory statements during the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. Special Judge Jitendra Singh upheld the summons issued against Mishra, rejecting his argument that his [...]
The K’ómoks First Nation of Vancouver Island overwhelmingly voted for a treaty and constitution granting self-governance on Saturday. Regarding the recent vote, K’ómoks chief councilor Nicole Rempel stated: This has been a momentous day for our nation. The treaty vote is a critical democratic process for our community. Every member’s voice counts. Our future includes [...]
The United States withdrew from the board of the UN’s climate damage fund, according to a letter from the US Treasury Department made public on Friday. The letter stated that the US would no longer be a member of the UN Board for the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage, a climate damage fund [...]
The Italian Council of Ministers approved on Friday a draft law introducing the crime of femicide, and making it punishable by life imprisonment. Under the proposed legislation, femicide is defined as causing the death of a woman as an act of discrimination or hatred because she is a woman, or with the view to repress [...]
A US federal judge declined Friday to block employees of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) from accessing sensitive US Treasury data, finding that retiree and union plaintiffs failed to show an imminent risk of irreparable harm. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said the plaintiffs failed to show irreparable harm because although mistakes [...]
Georgetown Law School’s dean rejected on Thursday a warning from the top federal prosecutor for Washington DC that his office will not hire the school’s students if it does not eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI). Edward R. Martin. Jr, US Attorney for the District of Columbia, wrote in a letter that his office [...]
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday suspending security clearances and terminating federal contracts with the law firm Perkins Coie. The executive order stated that all Perkins Coie contracts with the federal government shall be reviewed and that Perkins Coie personnel shall be limited from entering the federal buildings at times when [...]
