Colombian airline Avianca filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York on Sunday, following financial difficulty during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second largest airline in Latin America, Avianca has been grounded since March amidst regulations set out by the president, resulting in more than 20,000 jobs under threat of furloughed leave. The company [...]

Harold Frazier, the Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council, refused Friday to remove health checkpoints established at the entrances to the reservation. President Bear Runner of the Oglala Sioux have also refused to remove the checkpoints. The Cheyenne River Sioux and the Oglala Sioux have both erected health checkpoints at entrances to the [...]

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The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit  on Wednesday struck down  President Donald Trump’s executive order to end federal grant funding to sanctuary cities. Executive Order 13,768, “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” directed the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to withhold [...]

Israel Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut at a swearing-in ceremony for 18 newly appointed judges at the president's residence on Monday expressed serious concerns about a bill approved on Sunday by the Knesset's [official website,...

UN human rights experts on Monday urged Poland to ensure "free and full participation" at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) expressing serious concerns over the impact of the nation's newly enacted safety and security legislation...

Amnesty International (AI) released a report on Monday detailing new research that reveals individuals who are detained on politically-motivated charges in Egypt are being held in conditions that amount to torture. AI's report, "Crushing humanity: the abuse...

Egypt's chief prosecutor on Monday referred 555 individuals suspected of joining a local affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group to military court. The charges against them arise out of a series of attacks carried out...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A UN human rights expert called for "calm and for all sides to exercise restraint" in the Central African Republic (CAR) Thursday, according to a UN statement . The...