The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Wednesday found Russia violated international humanitarian law and committed human rights abuses when invading Ukraine. In an ODIHR authorized report, experts found that Russian forces could have avoided violations by respecting their duty to take “precautions in attack.” [...]
Spain’s National Court suspended the extradition of Venezuelan ex-military officer Hugo Armando ‘El Pollo’ Carvajal Barrios to the US Friday following Carvaja’s appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Carvajal, former Director of Venezuela’s Military Intelligence (DIM) and former politician, faces illicit drug trafficking and firearms trafficking charges in the US. According to the US [...]
Former US President Donald J. Trump Thursday sued Hilary R. Clinton, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and others for conspiring “to vilify Donald J. Trump” through nefarious “political stratagems,” claiming damages in excess of $24,000,000. Trump filed suit in the US District Court Southern District of Florida. Trump’s complaint accuses Clinton and other defendants of [...]
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Friday adopted a resolution to establish the Independent International Commission of Inquiry, which aims to investigate the Russian Federation’s alleged human rights violations against Ukraine. After holding a moment of silence for Ukrainian victims, UNHRC members passed the resolution overwhelmingly in a 32–2 vote. Among the 32 countries voting [...]
The US House Committee on Oversight and Reform expanded its investigation Friday into former President Donald Trump’s removal, loss, and destruction of presidential records. Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney sent a letter to National Archivist David Ferriero requesting additional information relating to Trump’s handling of those records. In the letter, Maloney stated: The National Archives [...]
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) confirmed Friday that it found classified documents among 15 boxes former President Donald Trump took from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago residence. US National Archivist David Ferriero confirmed the finding in response to a letter from Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform for [...]
The US District Court for the District of Columbia denied former President Donald Trump’s motion Friday to dismiss three lawsuits seeking to hold him accountable for the January 6 US Capitol Attack of 2021 (“Jan 6 Attack”). In doing so, the judge held Trump lacked absolute immunity and First Amendment protection. The plaintiffs, who include [...]
Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in the Canadian province of Ontario Friday following substantial economic losses stemming from the so-called Freedom Convoy’s anti-vaccine mandate protests. in Ottawa and other locations, including the Ambassador Bridge linking Canada and the United States. Ford warned that there would be “severe” consequences for those partaking in [...]
The Center for Defenders and Justice (CJD), the Penal Forum, and Amnesty International published a research report Thursday indicating that calculated repression by Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro’s regime could constitute the crime against humanity of persecution. The trio of human rights organizations collaborated in conducting research for over a year. They found “a correlation between [...]
The EU sanctioned five Malian Transition Government members Friday accused of obstructing and undermining political transition in the country after they broke an agreement to hold presidential elections in February, postponing it to December 2025. The revised schedule extended the transition period to five-and-a-half years. The sanctions impose three crucial restrictive measures on each of [...]
