French police on on Monday arrested 25 people who were reportedly involved with coordinated attacks against several prisons and prison officers across the country since April 13. According to local media Franceinfo, the arrests follow an investigation conducted by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) into charges of “terrorist criminal association” and “organized gang-related damage [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit remanded Colorado’s air quality plan back to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday because it failed to account for emissions from drilling, fracking and well completion. Colorado must submit permits that align with national air quality standards, which include regulations for stationary sources that emit pollutants. A [...]

A Palestinian envoy accused Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday of killing and displacing civilians and targeting humanitarian workers in Gaza, amid mounting international legal scrutiny of Israel’s conduct. Speaking before the court, Palestinian envoy to the Netherlands Ammar Hijazi charged that “Israel is starving, killing and displacing Palestinians while also targeting [...]

Standing Rapporteur on Human Rights for the Council of Europe, Gudrun Mosler-Törnström, on Friday denounced the recent demolition of Roma houses in the Zaharna Fabrika area of Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in spite of an interim order from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that ordered Bulgaria to stop the forced evictions. According to NGO [...]

An association of more than 700 partners at major American law firms filed a brief on Friday in support of firm Susman Godfrey’s lawsuit against the Trump administration. The partners argue that recent executive orders exceed the president’s authority and violate the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments of the US Constitution. Law Firm Partners United [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Ronen Bar, head of the domestic security agency, of lying to the country’s top court, following a legal battle over the prime minister’s attempts to fire him. Netanyahu stated that Bar had not warned the country’s top leaders, including the prime minister, minister of defense, or the [...]

Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as well as the minority Tamil community, receiving a historic supermajority in the November 2024 Parliamentary elections. This broad mandate across ethnic lines presents a historic opportunity to address [...]

The Trump administration on Friday abruptly revoked its cancellation of more than 1,200 student visas held by international students, announcing a dramatic shift by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a court hearing in Washington. The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System is a web-based database tracking international students’ compliance with their visa status. ICE [...]

UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen warned Friday of grave consequences for Syria’s future without genuine political inclusion and urgent economic support for a successful political transition. During a briefing to the Security Council, Pedersen noted the legacies of misrule, conflict and poverty in Syria, stating: This means that the situation is inherently still [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern Friday over the deepening human rights crisis in and around El Fasher in North Darfur, calling for civilians to be allowed to leave and to be protected by both warring parties. Through a press release, Türk stated that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified [...]