The British state is beginning, haltingly, to reckon with one of the most sustained and systematically obscured violations of reproductive autonomy in its modern history. The testimony delivered in the House of Commons this week by Reform UK MP Sarah…
Legislation targets human rights defences used to block deportations Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood introduced legislation to Parliament this week that would significantly narrow the application of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights — the provision protecting the…
In the autumn of 2022, when European regulators moved to immobilise roughly €300 billion in Russian sovereign assets held across Western financial infrastructure, the legal consequences were always understood to be deferred, not avoided. That deferral has now arrived in…
The ink on the framework agreement had barely dried before the explosions resumed. In the weeks following the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, residents across southern Lebanon reported continued Israeli airstrikes — a pattern that cast an immediate shadow over…
The term “equivalised income” appears, without explanation, on forms that water companies send to customers seeking financial assistance with their bills. It is the kind of phrase that might circulate comfortably in a policy seminar or a regulator’s technical annex.…
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco has reached a $395 million settlement resolving more than 500 lawsuits filed by survivors of child sexual abuse committed by church clergy, plaintiffs’ attorneys announced on Monday. The agreement, which concludes a bankruptcy…
On a late June day in Turkey, thousands of Kurdish demonstrators filled public squares to call for the release of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known by its Kurdish acronym PKK. The gatherings, reported on…
Abdikerm Eidleh, 42, described by federal prosecutors as a central architect of one of the largest fraud schemes in Minnesota’s history, was arrested in Mogadishu last week following a joint raid conducted by FBI agents and Somali intelligence officials. His…
Mortality Rate More Than Doubled Since Start of Trump’s Second Term, Human Rights Watch Says At least 52 people have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between 20 January 2025 and 4 June 2026, according to a new…
ICC Oversight Body Recommends Firing Prosecutor Karim Khan Over Sexual Misconduct Findings The executive bureau of the International Criminal Court’s governing body has determined that chief prosecutor Karim Khan engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a junior staff member…