UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk announced Friday that his office will resume operations in Venezuela. Türk’s office was forced to leave the country earlier this year following his statement on the enforced disappearance of human rights defender Rocío San Miguel. Speaking at a Human Rights Council meeting, Türk stated: “The Office can [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a court-enforceable agreement with the city of Louisville, Kentucky, following a sweeping investigation into the Louisville Metro Government. The investigation was prompted by the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor and a 2023 DOJ report detailing a pattern of racial discrimination by the police force. The agreement, [...]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a New York doctor for allegedly providing abortion drugs to a Texas resident. The state filed the lawsuit at the District Court at Collin County, claiming that the defendant’s “knowing and continuing violations of Texas law places women and unborn children in Texas at [...]
The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a challenge to California’s vehicle emissions standards as well as a Wisconsin case concerning tax exemptions for religious organizations. In Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency, the court will consider a challenge from fuel producers against the Clean Air Act provision allowing California to [...]
Though the fall of Syria’s Assad would appear gainful for Israel prima facie, a potential nuclear threat from Iran not only remains, but is plausibly greater than before. One reason for such a counter-intuitive suggestion is that Tehran is now more likely to feel “cornered” in certain crisis circumstances (both foreseeable and unforeseeable) and to [...]
On December 1, President Joseph Biden announced a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, on charges of gun and tax violations, reversing his pledge not to pardon him if convicted. In his statement, the president wrote: Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter … The charges in his cases came about only after [...]
The Ontario government on Thursday introduced new legislation empowering municipalities to remove politicians from office for serious misconduct. Under the proposed Municipal Accountability Act (Bill 241), municipal officials found guilty of such conduct could face dismissal and be disqualified from seeking re-election. The legislation, introduced by Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Paul Calandra, aims [...]
The Hong Kong District Court on Thursday found seven protesters guilty of rioting in relation to a violent incident at the Yuen Long subway station during the city’s anti-extradition movement in 2019. The seven defendants, including former pro-democratic lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting, were convicted of “rioting” for provoking a “white-clad gang” by throwing objects and spraying [...]
Minnesota and New Jersey sued Glock, Inc. (Glock) and its parent company Glock Ges.m.b.H. in their respective states on Thursday for selling semi-automatic handguns that are easily convertible to machine guns. The two states are seeking an injunction that would prevent Glock from selling such handguns, and Minnesota specifically seeks an order for Glock to modify [...]
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted two resolutions during its resumed 10th emergency special session, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and expressing support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The first resolution urged an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza as well as the [...]
