The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Thursday a $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon to resolve a lawsuit over alleged deceptive practices tied to Amazon Prime. Under the court order issued by Judge John H. Chun of the Western District of Washington, $1.5 billion will go to eligible consumers affected by the practices, while $1 [...]
UN experts welcomed on Thursday the ratification of the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), first adopted in June 2023. This ratification is a significant advance for the conservation of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The special rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment and [...]
A federal judge in New York stated Wednesday that no less than two senior US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials “appear to be in direct violation” of a local court rule when they issued out-of-court statements suggesting Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was guilty before trial. Judge Margaret [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that it is suing six states for failing to produce their statewide voter registration lists after they were requested. California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania were among the states targeted by the DOJ in identical lawsuits after they did not produce details pertaining [...]
In an executive order issued on Thursday, US President Donald Trump formalized a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to operate TikTok as a “newly established joint venture” in the United States. ByteDance Ltd., TikTok’s parent company, and its affiliates will own less than 20 percent of the US-based entity. The joint venture will have [...]
Human Rights Watch on Thursday called for Algerian authorities to put a halt to excessive control over civil society groups, and urged them to enact new laws based on accepted international standards for freedom of association. According to the group, a current proposed bill that seeks to update Law 12-06, enacted in 2012, fails to [...]
The British government on Thursday filed to block a legal challenge to UK-based activist group Palestine Action’s designation as a terrorist organization. The UK Home Office submitted the request to divert a High Court decision from July that approved group leader Huda Ammori’s request for judicial review before the court. If the block succeeds, judicial review [...]
Immigrant rights organization CASA and four Washington, DC residents filed a complaint against US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday, claiming that multiple federal officials have engaged in illegal deportations of immigrants since August. The complaint comes after Trump declared a crime emergency in Washington, D.C., which placed local police under federal control and deployed [...]
The Slovak Parliament must reject constitutional amendments that would limit individuals’ ability to legally change their gender identity, resulting in substantial harm to the LGBTQ+ community, Amnesty International urged on Wednesday. Rado Sloboda, director of Amnesty International Slovakia, condemned the proposed amendments as “draconian,” stating: While the proposed changes specifically target the rights of LGBTI persons [...]
A group of UN human rights experts on Nicaragua revealed in a new report on Tuesday that the Nicaraguan government, led by President Daniel Ortega, has intensified repression of exiled critics abroad. The repression includes legal persecution, denial of passport renewals and other documents, transnational surveillance, and intimidation of family members. Reed Brody, one of [...]
