The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) stated that the infrastructure of racial justice in the US is under attack and encouraged Americans to protect civil rights, in a report published on Monday. The ACLU’s report follows President Trump’s tribute to Black History Month. President Trump called on “public officials, educators, librarians, and all the people [...]

Argentine lawyers filed fraud complaints on Sunday against President Javier Milei over his promotion of cryptocurrency. President Milei shared an advertisement for cryptocurrency $LIBRA via X on Friday, claiming that the coin would help fund small businesses. President Milei included a link to purchase $LIBRA in his post. His promotion caused a steep increase in [...]

Amnesty International denounced Tunisian authorities’ increased arrests of LGBTI individuals on Thursday. The organization reported that at least 84 individuals, mostly gay men and transgender women, have been arrested since September 2024. The wave of arrests began after a homophobic and transphobic online campaign gained traction. Many individuals involved in the campaign were supporters of [...]

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported on Monday that captured Ukrainian soldiers are being executed by Russian forces at an alarming rate. The mission has recorded 79 executions in 24 separate incidents since August 2024. For all incidents, the mission obtained video and photo material showing executions or dead bodies. The spike [...]

INTERPOL and AFRIPOL conducted an international counter-terrorism operation in East Africa on Monday. The operation resulted in the arrest of 37 suspects and the seizure of small arms and heavy weapons, with a suspected linkage to ISIS, Al Shabaab and other foreign terrorist fighters. The arrested suspects included three people in Somalia, including a suspected [...]

New South Wales (NSW) Premier Chris Minns stated in a press conference on Sunday that he intends to strengthen the Australian state’s hate speech laws. Premier Minns’ statement follows a string of antisemitic attacks across Australia. Premier Minns indicated that the Labor party would table to discuss hate speech laws and protest laws when parliament [...]

The Biden administration proposed new export restrictions on computer chips used for artificial intelligence (AI) on Monday. The restrictions are an effort to prevent other rival nations, from accessing and abusing advanced US technology. The Biden administration referred to its new regulation as “an Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion.” In its press release, [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday remitted to reconsideration a lawsuit challenging a provision of New York’s Labor Law as violations of the rights to free speech and religion of a crisis pregnancy center. The court held that CompassCare may proceed with their claims if the judge finds that the [...]

Attorneys representing the family of Marc Fogel, a teacher currently detained in Russia for drug charges, stated on Friday that the US Department of State has designated Fogel as “wrongfully detained.” Fogel’s attorney revealed that the Department of State made the designation in October. Russian authorities arrested Marc Fogel in August 2021 for drug trafficking. [...]

The US Congress on Thursday failed to pass a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act (NKHRA). The NKHRA reauthorization bill seeks to renew funding for humanitarian efforts in North Korea and reaffirms the key purposes of the law. Apart from renewing the funding, the reauthorization bill also criticizes the executive branch’s [...]