The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced Friday that it had arrested a 20-year-old Pakistani man residing in Canada over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a New York City Jewish center on or around October 7, 2024, one year after the Hamas attack on Israel that killed nearly 800 civilians. [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday vacated the class certification of Black Lives Matter protesters in their 2020 complaint against the city of Los Angeles for alleged use of excessive force. The appeals court sent the case back to the trial court for a fresh look at class certification, offering [...]

Amnesty International urged the Hong Kong government to demonstrate progress in establishing a framework to recognize same-sex partnerships, in its statement issued on Thursday. The statement marked one year since the landmark ruling by the city’s Court of Final Appeal (CFA) in Sham Tsz Kit v. Secretary for Justice.  On September 5, 2023, the CFA ruled [...]

The US Department of Justice announced on Thursday that charges have been filed against Dimitri Simes, a Russian-born US citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Simes is accused of working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds from his involvement. The first indictment alleges that Simes and [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on Friday condemning the treason charges leveled against protestors in Nigeria last month. Treason can be punishable by death in the West African country. The organization found that 124 people were arrested in Nigeria during the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria campaign in August, and 10 of those individuals were charged with [...]

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a lawsuit against Snap Inc. on Thursday, accusing the company’s social media service Snapchat, of failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation and addictive design features. Torrez claimed in the complaint that Snapchat is “a breeding ground for predators,” stating: Snap and Snapchat … are among the most [...]

Eight international human rights organizations on Friday condemned Kyrgyzstan authorities’ decision to liquidate investigative outlet Kloop Media, one week after the Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court upheld the decision. The organizations, which included Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and Civil Rights Defenders, denounced the decision in a joint statement, warning that the suppression of independent media [...]

The International Labour Organisation (ILO)  released a new working paper on Friday, finding that people with disabilities are less likely to participate in the labor market. The paper also highlights that people with disabilities tend to earn less than their non-disabled counterparts. The paper reveals that individuals with disabilities face significant barriers to workforce participation. [...]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday restored amendments to the anti-graft laws, which were previously struck down in its judgment delivered on September 15, 2023. The reversal came followed an appeal by the federal government of Pakistan against the earlier judgment. The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled in favor of the appeals, overturning the prior [...]

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Georgia and Azerbaijan violated the rights of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarli, specifically his right to an effective investigation and his right to private life. The case involved Mukhtarli’s alleged abduction, ill-treatment and unlawful transfer of the Azerbaijani journalist from Georgia to Azerbaijan. Mukhtarli claimed he [...]