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Under UN Charter, Iran’s Attack Was a Legal Response to Israel’s Illegal Attack

Iran’s attack on Israel was lawful self-defense carried out in compliance with international humanitarian law.

18.04.2024 5

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Nicaragua Takes Germany to the World Court for Facilitating Israel’s Genocide

As Israel’s genocidal campaign against the Palestinians in Gaza — which has killed more than 33,000 Gazans — enters its seventh month, Nicaragua...

13.04.2024 7

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World Court Ordered Israel to Allow Aid Into Gaza But Failed to Order Ceasefire

On March 25, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2728, which “demands” an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. That same day, Francesca Albanese,...

02.04.2024 4

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UK Gives Biden Opportunity to Dodge Assange Appeal by “Assuring” His Rights

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is closer than ever to being extradited to the United States for trial on 17 counts under the Espionage Act and one...

29.03.2024 5

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Israel Remains Intent on Genocide Despite World Court Orders

Israel is continuing its genocidal campaign against the Palestinians in Gaza and hindering humanitarian relief efforts despite specific orders from...

26.03.2024 3

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Israel Didn’t Even Try to Defend the Legality of Its Occupation to World Court

For six days, more than 50 countries, the League of Arab States, the African Union and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation presented testimony to...

06.03.2024 4

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US Refuses to Assure UK Judges That Assange Won’t Be Executed If He’s Extradited

On February 20 and 21, as hundreds of Julian Assange’s supporters gathered outside the London courthouse, a two-judge panel of the High Court of...

27.02.2024 5

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Supreme Court All But Ignores January 6 During Trump Disqualification Argument

Nearly 24 years ago, five right-wing members of the Supreme Court handed the presidency to George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore . Despite the...

12.02.2024 10

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US Judge Admits Horror of Gaza Genocide, But Will He Dismiss Case Against Biden?

The judge noted that the US government doesn’t dispute the uncontradicted evidence of a “genocide in progress.”

31.01.2024 5

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What Happens Now That the ICJ Has Ordered Israel Not to Engage in Genocide?

What comes next, now that the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, has handed down its near unanimous ruling that...

30.01.2024 90

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Biden’s Illegal Bombing of Yemen Intensifies the Risk of Regional War

In response to Israel’s assault on the people of Gaza in early October, Yemen’s Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, began mounting attacks on commercial...

23.01.2024 3

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Israel Tells ICJ It Has the “Most Moral Army in the World” at Genocide Hearing

In a historic appearance before the International Court of Justice (ICJ or World Court) in The Hague, the legal team representing the Republic of...

17.01.2024 60

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Israel Is Terrified the World Court Will Decide It’s Committing Genocide

For nearly three months, Israel has enjoyed virtual impunity for its atrocious crimes against the Palestinian people. That changed on December 29 when...

06.01.2024 4

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As US Veto Power Enables Genocide, There Are Still UN Options to Protect Gaza

As Israel continues its genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza — with the death toll now exceeding 20,000 (about 70 percent women and children)...

26.12.2023 5

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The Forcible Transfer of 85% of Palestinians in Gaza Is a Crime Against Humanity

Since the October 7 attacks by Hamas that killed 1,200 people in Israel, the Israeli occupying forces have killed more than 17,000 Palestinians, over...

10.12.2023 8

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The Supreme Court May Be Poised to Kill the Voting Rights Act Once and for All

The Voting Rights Act, which Congress passed to enforce the 15th Amendment, has been targeted by the right wing since it was enacted in 1965. In the...

01.12.2023 5

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Palestinians File Emergency Motion to Block US Aid for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

On November 16, two Palestinian human rights organizations, three Palestinians and five Palestinian Americans brought an emergency motion in United...

17.11.2023 2

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UN Report Details Rampant US Human Rights Violations at Home and Abroad

A United Nations body has issued a damning report blasting the United States for its rampant violations of a major human rights treaty that it...

09.11.2023 3

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Assange Freedom May Be Pivotal in Australian Support for US Cold War With China

The stakes are high as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in Washington, D.C., today to meet with President Joe Biden. The U.S....

23.10.2023 4

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Israeli and US Leaders Must Be Held Accountable for the Genocide of Palestinians

In retaliation against the Palestinians in Gaza for Hamas’s October 7 killing of hundreds of Israeli civilians, Israel has intensified its 16-year...

20.10.2023 3

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Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War Against the Palestinians

After Hamas launched more than 2,000 missiles from Gaza and sent hundreds of fighters into Israel on October 7, killing hundreds of civilians, Prime...

12.10.2023 10

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Right-Dominated Supreme Court Is Poised to Do Grave Harm in Upcoming Term

The 2023-2024 Supreme Court term will begin on Monday, October 2. Dominated by six right-wingers, the court has agreed to review cases in which voting...

30.09.2023 2

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The Fate of the “Dreamers” Is Likely Headed to the Right-Dominated Supreme Court

Eleven years after Barack Obama launched the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, six years after the Trump administration tried to...

18.09.2023 1

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Colorado Lawsuit’s Strategy for Keeping Trump Off Ballot Is Starting to Spread

The federal lawsuit filed earlier this month by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on behalf of six Colorado voters provides...

13.09.2023 2

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