A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot utilize a proclamation to keep 80 refugees out of the United States. The lead plaintiff, known as “Plaintiff Pacito,” and his family had already been approved for resettlement under the United States Refugee [...]
A court clerk in Ulster County, New York, refused to docket an order for summary judgment against local resident Dr. Margaret Carpter on Monday. The order imposed a $100,000 sanction against Carpenter, a New York physician, for providing the abortion medication mifepristone to a resident of Collin County, Texas. The refusal by acting Ulster County clerk [...]
The German Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday dismissed a constitutional complaint brought by two Yemeni citizens regarding the United States’ use of a German air base to deploy drones. The Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany’s highest court, delivered the judgment in the decade-long case. Before the court, plaintiffs had challenged the decisions [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Senegalese authorities to immediately release news commentator Badara Gadiaga, cease the arrest of journalists, and end retaliation against media outlets critical of the government. CPJ’s Francophone Africa representative, Moussa Ngom, described the prosecution as part of “a dangerous conflation between the press and the political opposition.” He [...]
Nearly half of US states joined in a complaint against President Donald Trump’s administration and the Education Department on Monday over the $6 billion funding freeze for K-12 schools and adult education. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants, including Education Department (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon, “have irreparably harmed and will irreparably harm” them and “their schools, and [...]
Moscow’s Military Court sentenced a Russian writer to 14 years of imprisonment in absentia on Monday for failing to follow “foreign agent” regulations, facilitating terroristic activity, and justifying terrorism. Writer Boris Akunin, whose real name is Grigori Chkhartishvili, was also fined 400,000 rubles (approximately $5,000), prohibited from managing webpages for four years following the end [...]
US President Donald Trump announced Monday that the country will place harsh tariffs on Russia’s oil trading partners if no peace deal is reached between Russia and Ukraine within 50 days. Trump declined to say which particular states would be targeted during a White House press conference with NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte. The president [...]
Amnesty International (AI) released a report on Monday charging that the Venezuelan government is using a systemic campaign of enforced disappearances to persecute political opponents. The report follows 15 people who disappeared between the July 2024 election and June 2025, 11 of whom still have their whereabouts unknown. Those detained were predominantly critics of the [...]
Amnesty International urged Thailand’s House of Representatives on Tuesday to grant amnesty to individuals accused and detained solely for political activism, including offenses related to the lèse majesté law. This appeal comes ahead of the parliament’s vote on a new amnesty law intended to address criminal offenses linked to political activities. Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong, Amnesty International’s [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to proceed with mass layoffs at the Education Department while legal challenges continue. The court granted the administration’s request to lift a lower court injunction that had blocked the firing of more than 2,000 department employees—roughly half the agency’s workforce. Education Secretary Linda McMahon [...]
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