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Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) condemned the sentencing of Moroccan political activist and human rights defender Fouad Abdelmoumni to six months in prison for his social media posts criticizing the government. The rights organizations urged the authorities to overturn the conviction and cease restrictive actions targeting journalists and [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California allowed President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking the processing of refugee applications to take effect on Tuesday. However, the order states that processing of individuals conditionally approved for refugee status before the executive order was issued must continue. The executive order effectively suspends the [...]

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued an executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block, barring it from government contracts. The administration framed the order as a necessary measure to prevent conflicts of interest and safeguard national security, arguing that law firms engaged in legal opposition to the government should not benefit from [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday once again blocked enforcement of an Iowa law that required the removal of books describing sexual acts from public school libraries. US District Judge Stephen Locher issued the preliminary injunction after reconsidering the law, known as Senate File 496, under instructions from a federal appeals court that had vacated [...]

Voice of America employees filed an emergency motion on Monday to obtain a temporary restraining order to halt the Trump administration’s efforts to implement sweeping cuts at the federally funded broadcaster. The plaintiffs allege in the motion that the layoffs violate the First Amendment by targeting Voice of America’s editorial independence and claim that the [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday welcomed announcements by the presidents of the US and Ukraine of an extension of the ceasefire to Black Sea trade routes as an important move that saves lives, while emphasizing the importance of ensuring that the ceasefire brings about just peace. Guterres stated: Obviously, any ceasefire is welcome because [...]

The Trump administration halted $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania Wednesday in response to the university’s transgender sports policies. The announcement was first reported by Fox News and later reposted by Rapid Response 47 on X (formerly Twitter). Rapid Response 47 is an account created by the Trump administration to respond to [...]

JURIST Senior Editor for Long Form Content Pitasanna Shanmugathas interviews Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, chief editor of LeftWord Books, and author of forty books including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World and The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World. In this interview, Prashad delves [...]

The defense ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia announced on Tuesday that they have unanimously recommended their countries’ withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention due to heightened security risks amid escalating tensions with Russia.  The statement read: We believe that in the current security environment it is paramount to provide our defence forces flexibility and [...]

A group of 17 bar societies and law associations across the world condemned the Trump administration on Tuesday for targeting lawyers, law firms and other legal organizations. The joint statement addressed recent sanctions imposed against the International Criminal Court (ICC), denunciations against the American Bar Association, and reducing security clearances for law firms providing services [...]