Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Afghan government and US military to investigate alleged summary executions committed by special forces against Kandahar civilians. The alleged executions reportedly took place during military operations spanning from January 31 to February 1. In one instance, during a coordinated attacked by the Special Forces Unit of the [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two Fifth Amendment cases Tuesday: Currier v. Virginia , and City of Hays v. Vogt . In the Currier case , Currier faced trial for breaking and entering and grand larceny. While was acquitted on these charges, he was further charged with possession of a firearm after [...]
The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) , Yves Bot , issued an advisory opinion on Tuesday finding the recent logging of Polish forests violates international law. In recent years, Polish authorities have drastically increased logging and woodland management activities in Bialowieska Forest, home to some of Europe’s oldest trees and several [...]
Nils Melzer , the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, voiced his concerns regarding the Israeli Supreme Court’s December 2017 denial of a petition challenging a lower court’s ruling exempting national security agents from criminal investigation despite their uncontroverted use of torture techniques on a Palestinian detainee. [...]
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday indicted Attorney Alex van der Zwaan for false statements made during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. Van der Zwaan was indicted for his answers regarding communication with Richard W. Gates III, a former aide to President Trump, who was also charged with [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Person Cecilia Jimenes-Damary is calling on the government of Libya to protect the hundreds of former residents of the town of Tawergha who are currently stranded in the desert. According to the UN, approximately 40,000 Tawarghans were forcefully evacuated in 2011 due to their support [...]
In anticipation of the expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a panel of UN rights experts on Tuesday urged urged the US to protect the lawful status of approximately 800,000 people. DACA recipients, or “dreamers,” are not eligible for citizenship, which has led to complications since the program was rescinded in [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upholding California’s 10-day waiting period for purchasing a gun. The court denied a petition for certiorari filed by two California plaintiffs in conjunction with the Second Amendment Foundation and the Calguns Foundation in October. [...]
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania released a map on Monday intended to remedy what the court declared as the unconstitutional gerrymandering present in the 2011 redistricting plan. While the court gave the legislature 18 days to devise a new plan, the legislature did not meet this deadline. The court had previously ruled that in this [...]
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) released two letters on Thursday stating that it would consider requests from two Congressional Representatives to release the hearing transcripts which caused former Trump advisor Carter Page to be put under surveillance. Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) wrote to the FISC in January requesting the transcripts, and Representative Devin Nunes [...]
