US officials demanded Sunday that states “undo” full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that were paid out last week under court orders. Patrick Penn, deputy under secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), released a memorandum that called for states to “immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November [...]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday warned that by 2050, the hottest refugee camps could face nearly 200 days of extreme heat stress per year, posing serious risks to health and survival. Filippo Grandi, outgoing UN Commissioner for Refugees, said “extreme weather is putting people’s safety at greater risk; it is disrupting access to [...]
A US federal judge has ruled that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment by changing the out-of-office email messages of several employees without their consent. The emails set by the agency included partisan language that blamed the Democratic Party for the government shutdown. In his decision, issued Friday, US District Judge Christopher Cooper [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over reports about dozens of abductions and enforced disappearances in Syria during a press briefing on Friday. In his statement, spokesperson Thameen Al-Keetan stated that OHCHR documented at least 97 people missing since the ousting of former president Bashar Assad. He also [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called for Iranian authorities to release an arrested newspaper editor, saying that his detention is part of a deliberate effort to restrict dissenting speech in the country. The CPJ claimed that the arrest of Parviz Sedaghat and several other dissenting voices in Iran is an attempt to [...]
Reports published Friday revealed that environmental protesters in the United Kingdom were released from prison under “licence conditions” designed for terrorist or extremist criminal offenders, raising concerns about the sentencing proportionality and expressive freedom. Under UK law, individuals released before completing their sentences remain “under licence,” meaning they must comply with behavioral restrictions determined by [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday urged Nigerien authorities to release three journalists held in pre-trial detention for alleged cybercrimes and accused the government of using cybercrime laws to chill free speech. Moussa Ngom, CPJ’s Francophone Africa representative, condemned the state action and argued that using “cybercrime laws for meaningless accusations provides further [...]
Human Rights Watch warned on Thursday that Kenya’s cybercrime law amendments risk criminalizing legitimate online speech. The amendments, assented to on October 15 and published by Parliament on November 4, increase penalties for certain offences, broaden the government’s investigative and enforcement powers, and expand the authority of the National Computer and Cybercrimes Coordination Committee to [...]
US District Judge Sara Ellis on Friday ordered federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to limit use force, prohibiting riot-control weapons against journalists or protestors except under specific and narrow conditions. The preliminary injunction is the latest in an ongoing court battle that started with a class action suit alleging First Amendment violations, filed [...]
The Danish government announced on Friday a national minimum age requirement of 15 years for “certain” social media platforms. The Ministry of Digitalization describes the implementation as “groundbreaking,” noting that Denmark is the first EU country to establish such an age limit on social media. The agreement prohibits children under 15 from self-registering on platforms [...]
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