The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled on Monday that provincial legislation in the central Canadian province that capped public-sector workers’ wages is unconstitutional. This decision upheld the Ontario Supreme Court’s ruling in November 2023. The court found that the act interfered with represented employees’ rights to negotiate for higher wages, stating, “I am satisfied that [...]

The Associated Press (AP) reported that New York City officials announced an expanded overnight curfew at 20 migrant shelters throughout the city on Sunday, following an increase in reports of criminal misconduct. On Thursday, members of a “citizen-militia” mistakenly identified a local resident as a migrant, threw him to the ground, and beat him. “We [...]

Greek police announced Monday that explosives experts had defused a bomb at the Thessaloniki Courthouse that had been sent in an envelope to a senior judge. The judge had alerted the police to the suspicious package and, after carrying out x-rays, it was found to contain explosives. According to local media sources, the envelope contained [...]

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ordered the arrest of Meta Platforms spokesperson Andy Stone in absentia Monday for charges relating to terrorism offenses and inciting extremist activities. The court issued a statement saying that Stone had been charged under various sections of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and the alleged crimes include the promotion [...]

The Appeals Court in The Hague ruled on Monday that the Dutch government has to stop the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns that Israel is using the aircraft in violation of international law. The court agreed with several human rights groups and overturned a lower court’s ruling. It concluded that [...]

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab confirmed on Sunday the arrest and detention of Rocío San Miguel, a prominent human rights activist and leader of the NGO Control Ciudadano, for alleged involvement with a conspiracy to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro. Saab announced on X (formerly Twitter) that a warrant had been issued for San Miguel’s arrest. [...]

Amnesty International (AI) released new evidence on Monday of “unlawful” Israeli attacks in Gaza. AI warns of a “real risk of genocide” as Israeli forces continue to “flout” international humanitarian law and obliterate entire families. The report focuses on four strikes that occurred between December 2023 and January 2024 in Rafah, a southern governorate of [...]

A UK Parliamentary report released on Monday about the country’s Safety of Rwanda Bill found the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda to be “fundamentally incompatible” with human rights.  The report iterates that the UK’s plan to send unlawful migrants violates the “non-refoulement” principle that the UK is bound by in Article 3 [...]

Amnesty International (AI) reported that Russia sentenced 33 Ukrainian soldiers in the Supreme Court of the Luhansk People’s Republic in Russian-occupied Luhansk on Monday for “alleged war crimes.” Russian authorities captured the soldiers as prisoners of war (POWs). Their sentences range from twenty-seven to twenty-nine years. AI reported that Russian authorities prosecuted the POWs for [...]

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India announced on Monday that the Emir of the State of Qatar decided to release eight Indian Navy veterans working for the Doha-based Dahra Global company, who were detained in Qatar due to their connection in an alleged espionage case in 2022. The MEA statement reads: The Government [...]