Texas Democrats on Sunday vacated the state in order to break quorum and prevent a vote on legislation that would allow Republican lawmakers to draw a district map with five new Republican-leaning seats. Many Democratic lawmakers chose wait out the legislative session in Chicago, due to its party ties. Illinois Governor and Democrat JB Pritzker [...]
Italy’s competition regulator, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), imposed a €1 million fine on fast fashion company Shein on Monday for publishing misleading environmental claims related to the amount of pollution the company produces. The AGCM investigation found that Shein made false claims about the recyclability of its clothing and that there [...]
Former International Criminal Court (ICC) judges on Saturday criticized the handling of ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan’s sexual misconduct case, questioning UN oversight office actions like the public naming of Khan in the complaint and outsourcing investigation work to third parties. Former ICC judge Cuno Tarfusser, alongside a former judge who remained anonymous, reportedly said that [...]
UNICEF warned on Sunday about the severity of the cholera outbreak in Sudan, especially in the North Darfur region, calling for immediate action. As of July 30, 2025, the total toll of cholera in Darfur was 2,140 infections and at least 80 deaths. Sheldon Yett, UNICEF representative in Sudan, commented, “Despite being preventable and easily [...]
A new freedom of speech law came into force in the UK on Friday, which looks to protect free speech in universities. The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023, which received formal approval (or “royal assent”) in May 2023, aims to protect academic freedom. The law specifically focuses on the freedom to “question received [...]
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling Friday that tightens legal requirements for EU member states wishing to designate “safe countries of origin” for accelerated asylum processing. In its decision, the CJEU upheld the legality of expedited asylum procedures in principle but made clear that such classifications must be based on rigorous, [...]
Myanmar’s military courts sentenced 14 individuals to life imprisonment in a series of human trafficking cases involving forced marriage, sexual exploitation, and the production of pornographic content, local media reported Saturday. “The president of the military court has sentenced nine Burmese and five Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for selling Burmese women to Chinese men [...]
The UN reported on Sunday that a new wave of armed attacks in northern Mozambique has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis and raising urgent questions about compliance with international legal obligations to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian assistance. Between July 20 and 28, at [...]
Amnesty International has called on Angolan authorities to conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the alleged unlawful killings of 22 people during a three-day national taxi drivers’ strike that began on July 29, 2025. In a statement released on Friday, the organization condemned the use of excessive and lethal force by security forces against [...]
Slovenia on Thursday banned the import, export, and transit of arms and military equipment from and to Israel, becoming the first European Union (EU) country to do so. According to Prime Minister Robert Golob, the grave human rights violations taking place in the region obligate other states to comply with provisions of international law and act, [...]
