US President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for Rod Blagojevich on Monday. The former Illinois governor was impeached and convicted of corruption while in office. The pardon, made through the broad presidential authority outlined in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the US Constitution, will officially negate Blagojevich’s conviction and expunge his criminal record. While [...]

The ACLU filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the University of Michigan (UM) on Monday claiming that the university’s trespass ban on students’ peaceful pro-Palestine protests on campus violated their right to free speech. UM issued trespass warnings against several students involved in the lawsuit for [...]

UK activist group Stop Uyghur Genocide (SUG) will lodge a judicial review against the Financial Conduct Authority if it approves clothing company Shein’s initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), according to its statement issued on Monday. The group contends that the FCA is legally required to block its application for listing [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held on Thursday that Italy violated applicant residents’ rights to life and respect for private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as a result of the state’s long-term inaction in addressing the widespread illegal dumping of waste by organized criminal groups in the [...]

Five Quaker groups filed a lawsuit Monday to stop immigration agents from conducting raids on houses of worship. The complaint alleges that the new US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to conduct searches and arrests at schools and religious institutions violates the First Amendment to the [...]

The ACLU and several other rights organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday with a New Hampshire District Court which claims that a Trump administration executive order ending birthright citizenship for babies born in the US to parents who entered the country illegally is unconstitutional. The lawsuit contends that the executive order violates the 14th Amendment [...]

Amnesty International demanded that US President Trump respect human rights during his term as president on Monday. On the day of Trump’s inauguration, the group alleged that Trump committed “extensive human rights violations” during his first term, and used dangerous rhetoric targeting journalists, immigrants and transgender youth during his campaign. Amnesty International stated that the [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal led by Indigenous elders who claimed that an under-renovation McGill University building contains Indigenous burial grounds. The Supreme Court’s rejection effectively permits McGill’s renovation of the building, which previously served as a psychiatric teaching hospital, to commence. The case arose after Historic Human Remains Detection Dogs discovered [...]

South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) sent letters on Sunday to the Ministry of Defense and Presidential Security Service (PSS) warning that any soldier or security agent that obstructs the execution of the outstanding arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol may be subject to criminal charges and civil charges, according [...]

An AP-NORC poll released on Tuesday cited immigration as a growing concern for all groups polled including Republicans, Democrats and independents. The poll was conducted in December, with 47 percent of respondents stating that immigration was the top issue for the government in 2025. While the public is somewhat unified in its belief that immigration [...]