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A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the entry into force of a Louisiana law that would have required all public classrooms in the state to prominently display the Ten Commandments. The ruling came in response to a motion by plaintiffs to enjoin state authorities from enforcing the law, which had been set to take [...]

A Netherlands appeals court overturned a landmark 2021 ruling requiring Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030 on Tuesday. This was a setback for the environmental advocacy group Milieudefensie, which sought legal avenues to enforce corporate climate action. In the original 2021 decision, the District Court of The Hague found that [...]

Riots broke out on Monday evening in the Nieuw-West suburb of Amsterdam in the Netherlands over tensions surrounding a soccer match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv in which locals clashed with Israeli supporters. This is the second rioting incident in two weeks in Amsterdam and is said to be characterized by antisemitic violence [...]

In this long read, a law student who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals analyses the tension between notification regimes for public assemblies and the right to peaceful assembly as a fundamental human right, underscored by landmark rulings such as Kudrevičius v Lithuania in the European Court of Human Rights and a 2023 [...]

A federal indictment released Thursday revealed the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the Jackson, Mississippi, mayor, two council members, and the district attorney with conspiracy, bribery, fraud, and money laundering. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri reported in a DOJ press release that the charges are tied to alleged acts involving [...]

The resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021 cast a long shadow of oppression over the nation, disproportionately impacting women and the LGBTQ+ community. While the violence against women has garnered significant international attention, the plight of LGBTQ+ individuals remain largely obscured, a silent atrocity demanding urgent global intervention. A comprehensive report, drawing [...]

The US Department of Justice Friday unsealed criminal charges related to an alleged thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump prior to this week’s presidential election. According to a criminal complaint in a Manhattan federal court, an unnamed official from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard instructed Farjad Shakeri in September to develop a surveillance and assassination [...]

For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the same. The modern-day manifestation of our nation’s history of anti-Black violence is perhaps most apparent in capital punishment. Marcellus Khaliifah Williams – father, poet, and imam [...]

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) announced the arrest of 2,517 individuals and the rescue of 3,222 trafficking victims as result of a worldwide operation against human trafficking involving police in 116 countries on Wednesday. Operation Liberterra II took place between September 29 to October 4, 2024, resulting in the rescue of 3,222 trafficking victims [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Bosnia violated the European Convention on Human Rights due to insufficient data protection laws with regard to legal professional privilege. The decision followed a lawyer’s complaint that his phone data had been indiscriminately collected and used in a criminal trial against him. The applicant, [...]