The Cato Institute asserted that the policy focus on mass deportation of asylum seekers during Donald Trump’s 2017-2020 presidency caused an increase in the number of criminals released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a report released by the right-of-center US think tank on Wednesday. The report posits that the former president’s immigration [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged on Wednesday for a “process of truth and healing” following the recent wave of student protests in Bangladesh that culminated in resignation of the prime minister. During his visit to Bangladesh, the High Commissioner for Human Rights highlighted the need for accountability. He stated the importance [...]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stated that the viral video showing a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia IDs claiming to have voted for Vice President Harris is fake, in a statement released Thursday night. In the statement, Raffensperger stated that the video is likely a production of Russian troll farms, to “sow discord and chaos [...]

Human rights organizations urged Burkina Faso on Wednesday to respect and promote the security of human rights defenders in the country amid reports of increased abductions and forced military conscription. These organizations include the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. The organizations noted that human rights defenders have been [...]

Voter anomalies are part of the election process, and rarely are elections problem-free. Retail anomalies are voting irregularities committed by individuals, such as duplicate voting, impersonation, voting in the name of dead people, or voting by felons and noncitizens. Election officials may also perpetrate retail anomalies by preventing individuals from voting. Retail anomalies in a [...]

Edited by: James Joseph | Managing Editor for Long-Form Content With just a matter of days until the US election. on November 5, this article, by JURIST’s Paige Miller, Paige highlights the critical role of Arizona in the 2024 US presidential election, emphasizing key issues like abortion rights and immigration policy that are on the [...]

Albania’s upcoming parliamentary elections in Spring 2025 will allow expatriates to vote for the first time, following recent amendments to the Electoral Code, though as Bekim Bruka argues significant logistical and administrative challenges could hinder their participation and raise concerns about fair representation and potential electoral abuse. More than thirty years after the introduction of [...]

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine concluded on Tuesday that Russian authorities have committed torture as a crime against humanity in Ukraine. The commission’s report confirmed that torture practices were widespread in all Ukrainian provinces under Russian control and in Russia’s detention facilities. The commission collected testimonies from civilians who had been [...]

Iran executed dual Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd on Monday. German Foreign Minister Annalaena Barbock stated: “I condemn the murder of Jamshid Sharmahd by the Iranian regime in the strongest possible terms. Jamshid Sharmahd was abducted to Iran from Dubai, held for years without a fair trial, and has now been killed.” Sharmahd was first arrested [...]

A Dutch court ordered the Central Organ for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) to pay the municipality of Westerwolde 50,000 euros per day that its Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center exceeds 2,000 occupants, local media reported Wednesday. The potential penalty could reach up to 5 million euros in total. The COA reported that [...]