The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court’s decision to return books that had been removed from the library system in Llano County, Texas. Judge Kyle Duncan, who wrote the majority opinion for the case, reasoned that the plaintiffs have a right to receive information but that this [...]

A US federal district court judge on Friday permanently enjoined President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) targeting law firm Jenner & Block LLP (Jenner), ruling that the order violated the First Amendment to the US Constitution because it engaged in viewpoint discrimination. Judge John D. Bates of the US District Court for the District of [...]

Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that both members of a same-sex female couple can be recognized as legal parents of a child born in Italy through medically assisted reproduction conducted abroad. The court held in its Sentenza n. 68/2025 that Article 8 of Law No. 40/2004 is unconstitutional insofar as it does not allow [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday that the new World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic treaty is a landmark effort, but is flawed and inadequate in its implementation mechanisms and effectiveness to combat inequalities between countries. In its statement, HRW noted that the treaty presents a unique opportunity for countries to cooperate in times of [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Friday sharply criticized recent legislation that allows civilians in Uganda to be tried in military courts. This comes in response to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed by parliament on Tuesday. In January, the Supreme Court of Uganda [...]

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday to return a gay Guatemalan man to the US after immigration authorities unlawfully deported him to Mexico, despite a court order granting him protection from removal to Guatemala. US District Judge Brian E. Murphy found that the man, identified as OCG, had [...]

Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology has instructed telecommunication service providers to block the messaging app Telegram for not cooperating in combating alleged crimes committed by its users, according to local news agencies Vietnam News and Vietnam Pictorial. According to the reports, the Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control, which claimed that [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the US to offer to return and hear the asylum claims of approximately 200 third-country nationals, including children, who were expelled to Costa Rica in February without due process. The rights group also urged Costa Rica to refuse future transfers. According to a detailed report, US immigration authorities [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep concern on Friday over the escalating hostilities in South Sudan since February, warning that the fighting could further worsen the country’s severe humanitarian crisis. In recent weeks, fighting between the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO), along [...]

Amnesty International on Friday called upon Ethiopian authorities to negotiate with striking medical professionals and release those detained for peaceful protests, urging the country to protect the right to access healthcare. The rights group condemned the detention of healthcare professionals at the Addis Ababa Police Commission headquarters for demanding adequate pay and conducive working conditions [...]