The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari to two consolidated cases challenging “assault weapon” bans, setting the stage to potentially reshape firearm regulations across the country.
The court agreed to hear Viramontes v. Cook County out of the Seventh Circuit and Grant v. Higgins out of the Second Circuit, consolidating the cases for a…

Amnesty International raised concerns Friday over an absolute blanket ban by the Ankara government on all protests in Ankara, and the imprisonment of more than 100 people ahead of the NATO summit that is to be held this Sunday, June 28.
The ban was further considered as “excessive” and an attack on the rights to…

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled on Friday that the police must transmit an expunged misconduct record to the prosecution if it is relevant in a criminal proceeding. Civil rights group welcomed the ruling, calling it a “big win for the rights of the accused and police accountability.”
Justice Sheila Martin, penning the unanimous…

A Virginia judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday that bars the Virginia State Police from enforcing a newly passed assault weapons ban, halting the law six days before it was set to take effect.
Lancaster County Circuit Court Judge John Martin ruled in favor of the plaintiffs’ motion for an injunction on the law in…

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association on Thursday urged the federal government to affirm the right to seek medical assistance in dying (MAiD) of patients whose sole underlying medical condition is mental illness. The statement comes after Canada’s Parliament received a report from its special joint committee, suggesting an indefinite exclusion of patients with mental illness.…

Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to a felony count of unlawfully retaining sensitive national security information. This development resolved a case that had been closely watched as a test of Justice Department prosecutions of President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies. Bolton previously described the charge as a weaponization…

Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the treason convictions and 14-year prison sentences of journalists Phorn Sopheap and Pheap Pheara, according to local media.
The court rejected the journalists’ final appeal in a case that rights organizations and press freedom groups have claimed criminalizes reporting. The defense had asked the court to either dismiss the…