Human Rights Watch (HRW) Saturday called on Thailand’s government to ensure Christian Chinese asylum seekers are not returned to China amidst persecution and threats of torture and serious harm. Thai authorities arrested the asylum seekers for visa overstays, but according to Human Rights Watch, any deportations could put the asylum seekers’ lives at risk. The [...]

A federal judge for the US District Court of Minnesota Friday struck down a Minnesota law requiring individuals to be at least 21 to obtain a permit to carry a handgun in public. US District Judge Katherine Menendez ruled that the minimum age requirement violated the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and [...]

Russia on Saturday assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of April 2023. Russia’s commencement of its leadership role of the 15-member council rotation was unaffected by its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Currently, Vladimir Putin is facing an arrest warrant for war crimes in Hague. However, at the UN, Russia [...]

A federal judge in Tennessee on Friday temporarily blocked a controversial law that would have imposed strict limits on drag performances in the state. Earlier this month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law a statute prohibiting drag shows from being performed in front of minors or on public property in the state — reflecting [...]

The UK Government on Thursday revealed their newest environmental policies to ensure energy security for the UK. The plans include schemes to drive investment in renewable energy as well as a consultation addressing carbon leakage that could result in a border tax on carbon-intensive goods. These ‘Green Day’ plans, set out by Energy Security Secretary, [...]

The City of Minneapolis Friday reached an agreement with the state of Minnesota to revamp the city’s police department. The agreement lays out a wholesale evaluation of policing practices within the City of Minneapolis, spanning use of force procedures to data system transparency. The agreement is a representation of over eight months of negotiation between the [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway over the February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The DOJ claims that Norfolk Southern released harmful pollutants into the area surrounding the derailment site, potentially exposing nearby residents to significant health issues. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court [...]

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague Friday announced the trial of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members is due to begin Monday. The former Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Kosovo (PGoK), Hashim Thaçi is amongst those who will stand trial. He and his co-conspirators are accused of crimes against humanity and [...]

Italy’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) Friday issued a statement banning further use of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chat platform, within the country. They noted that ChatGPT has no age verification system in place for children users and unlawfully collected users’ personal data. The DPA found that there is “no legal basis underpinning the massive [...]

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) Thursday published a report detailing that it had noticed “unlawful pushback practices and ill-treatment of foreign nationals” throughout 2022. These findings come after various monitoring visits to the land and sea borders of the Council of Europe [...]