The family of Renee Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother of three who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in January, filed two federal civil lawsuits Thursday in the US District Court for the District
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UN reports continued obstacles to humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza
The United Nations (UN) reported Wednesday that, nearly one year after the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Palestinians still face significant deprivation of basic human rights, including access to clean water, adequate shelter, healthcare, and education. While the UN agencies continue…
US Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to mandatory immigration detention without bond hearings
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari on Thursday to determine whether mandatory detention without a bond hearing may be imposed for noncitizens who entered the US without inspection and were later detained in the interior.
Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha,…
Whistleblower reveals Morocco intelligence service targeted journalists and activists, Amnesty International says
Amnesty International on Thursday reported that a whistleblower inside Morocco’s intelligence service helped reveal a vast surveillance apparatus targeting journalists, activists and dissidents.
Commenting on the increasingly hostile environment for freedom of expression in the country, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s…
A placard and a statute: observing the International Day of Non-Violence
2 October 2026: International Day of Non-Violence
A retired social worker stands outside a courthouse holding a handwritten sign. Elsewhere, 13 people block the entrance to a federal building and wait to be cited. Neither raises a hand against anyone.…
Seven US states sue Trump administration over withholding of federal funds
California and six other states sued President Donald Trump and Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought on Wednesday, alleging the administration unlawfully impounded congressionally appropriated funds. The suit also seeks to block the administration’s proposed rescission of an…
Second federal judge blocks Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee
The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, marking the second time a federal court has enjoined enforcement of the policy.…
UN experts warn African migrants face racism and discrimination at every stage of their journey
The UN Working Group of Experts on People from African Descent warned on Wednesday that migrants from the African continent and diaspora face racism and discrimination throughout their journeys, attributing this mistreatment to discriminatory migration policies implemented worldwide.
The UN…
UN experts call on Pakistan to release human rights lawyers re-arrested on terrorism charges
UN experts on Wednesday called on Pakistan to immediately release human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha and to drop all charges against them, which they say have no justifiable basis.
Mazari-Hazir and Chattha were re-arrested on September…
Tennessee governor halts remaining executions following failed attempt to execute Christa Pike
Tennessee governor Bill Lee on Thursday announced a pause on remaining scheduled executions in the state after Christa Pike, who was to be executed on Wednesday for her role in a 1995 murder, survived the two doses of lethal injections.…