The Third Cassation Court in St. Petersburg on Tuesday rejected the appeal of historian and human rights activist Yuri Dmitriev following a September proceeding that overturned his sentence and “canceled” a prior acquittal. The September ruling by the high court of the Republic of Karelia held that Dmitriev was guilty of “committing acts of a [...]

Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Pierluisi said Sunday that the US is “morally obligated” to take action following the territory’s recent referendum in favor of achieving US statehood. Although Puerto Ricans have voted repeatedly on the issue of statehood in recent years, the November vote finally garnered majority approval with high enough voter turnout. Congress has [...]

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced on Monday that Secretary of State Kathy Bookvar will resign from her position at the end of the week due to her department’s failure to advertise a proposed constitutional amendment that sought to extend the statute of limitations for victims of clergy sexual abuse. In 2018, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh [...]

Hundreds of Democratic Congressional aides on Wednesday sent a public statement urging the US Senate to hold former president Donald Trump accountable for the rioting that occurred at the Capitol building last month. The signatories, many of whom drew upon their “active shooter training” that they received in post-Columbine classrooms, insist that the former president [...]

Russian authorities on Sunday detained at least 5,754 people in 87 cities across the country after tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets to call for the release of Alexei Navalny for the second weekend in a row. Navalny was arrested and imprisoned immediately upon returning to Moscow from Germany earlier this month, [...]

The Greek government implemented a weeklong ban on public gatherings of more than 100 people on Tuesday, including protests. The government cited the ongoing pandemic as the reason for the ordinance, which fines individuals USD $3,650 and groups $6,070 for violations. The restriction on the size of public protests drew criticism from left-wing political groups [...]

The US House of Representatives delivered an Article of Impeachment for Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday evening. Nine managers of the House made a liturgical walk through the Capitol from the House to the Senate to deliver the article, thereby setting into motion the former president’s second impeachment trial. The House drafted the Article [...]

British Virgin Islands (BVI) Governor Augustus Jaspert announced Monday that an independent inquiry into allegations of government corruption would soon begin and last approximately six months. The BVI governor has the support of UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who issued his own statement on the matter, informing the public that the UK government is “responsible [...]

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday announced the country’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies following the US departure from the treaty last year. In a statement, Russia maintained that the US departure from the agreement was done under an “artificial pretext” and that it “essentially destroyed the balance of interests reached when [...]

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on Monday announced the initiation of The Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP), which aims to educate and train individuals to become civil rights attorneys that will serve the needs of southern Black communities. The MMSP is searching for “brilliant minds who are dedicated to pursuing racial justice in the South, [...]