Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, published a report on Thursday shedding light on the physical violence experienced by asylum-seekers upon reaching Greece, such as beatings and being forcefully returned to sea. The report urges Greece to bolster its efforts in maritime search and rescue operations for migrants. For years, Greece [...]

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) claimed in a statement released Friday that an attack on their ambulances in Gaza by Israeli forces that day was in breach of the Geneva Conventions and amounted to a war crime. The statement condemned the attack, which PRCS says targeted ambulances transporting injured civilians between Gaza City and [...]

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) ordered Trans Mountain Corporation to cease its Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion work in a wetland area near Abbotsford, British Columbia, on Thursday. This comes after CER inspectors found environmental and safety non-compliance during a verification activity. The CER wrote in its Inspection Officer Order that Trans Mountain violated section [...]

Former Memphis police officer Desmond Mills Jr. pleaded guilty on Thursday to excessive force and conspiracy charges for the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols, becoming the first of the five Memphis police officers charged to admit guilt. In his plea agreement, Mills admitted to “repeatedly and unjustifiably striking Nichols with a baton and to [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 6-1 on Friday that the mandatory minimum sentence for child luring is unconstitutional as it violates the right against cruel and unusual punishment under Section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. The judgment arose out of two separate cases of child luring, one with a sentence [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on Thursday that a district court used the wrong standard when it determined that the Arkansas Division of Corrections (ADC) policy that requires Muslim prisoners to pray with members of the Nation of Islam and the Five-Percent Nation and only wear kufis during prayer services [...]

Three US representatives introduced the Hong Kong Sanctions Act to the US Congress on Thursday. Two US senators also introduced companion legislation. The Hong Kong Sanctions Act requires the US president to determine within six months whether 49 government officials, judges and prosecutors should be the subject of sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human [...]

An appeals court in Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court ruling on Thursday which held that welfare fraud and outstanding restitution balance cannot be used to justify the denial of housing assistance. The decision signaled a win for applicants seeking housing vouchers in Pennsylvania. The appeal, heard before the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, concerned the Lawrence [...]

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Wednesday that, given the situation of rising violence in Rio de Janeiro and other states, the Brazilian government has launched an integrated operation to combat organized crime and militias in the country.  The integrated operation consists of a series of military and financial measures to be [...]

UK Member of Parliament (MP) Andy McDonald launched legal proceedings on Friday against fellow MP Chris Clarkson over Clarkson’s “highly defamatory statement” about McDonald’s involvement in a pro-Palestine rally amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Clarkson claimed that McDonald’s comments at a pro-Palestine rally were an attempt to “justify the murderous actions of Hamas.” As a [...]