Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion

In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Ugandan and Congolese forces rescue 200 from ISIL-backed ADF Soldiers rescued the civilian captives who were being held by the Allied Democratic Forces, a group linked with ISIL.

Soldiers rescued the civilian captives who were being held by the Allied Democratic Forces, a group linked with ISIL.

CPS, the other “headless” court Following the death of its chief prosecutor, the Special Criminal Court (CPS) in Bangui is operating without a chief prosecutor and without an approved budget for 2026. While many cases are ready to t...

Very useful update on the Special Criminal Court, the other “headless” court www.justiceinfo.net/en/158091-cp...

Displaced Lebanese return as Israeli shelling violates ceasefire in south Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground report that Israeli bulldozers are also continuing home demolitions.

Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground report that Israeli bulldozers are also continuing home demolitions.

Ohana = family 🤗

That’s a long time to suffer 😰

The Plight of Palestinian Prisoners in Israel

We invite you to read Khaled El Mahmoud's interview with Janan Abdu, a distinguished attorney, researcher, and human rights defender, in which she shed light on Palestinian prisoners.

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Virginia Governor Vetoes a Ban on Plea Deals That Waive People’s Constitutional Rights Abigail Spanberger blocked a bill to bar prosecutors from pressuring Virginians to waive protections against unreasonable police searches as a condition of pleas.

Virginia’s governor vetoed a bill to stop prosecutors from pressuring defendants to waive their constitutional rights as part of a plea deal. “It’s really sad and unfortunate that this practice is going to continue,” says a criminal justice advocate.

Palestine FA officials denied entry to Canada for Fifa pre-World Cup meeting Officials from the Palestine Football Association have been denied entry to Canada ahead of a pre-World Cup meeting of Fifa’s member associations to be held in Vancouver this month

Et tu, Canada?

US House approves bill to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations Rare rebuke of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, enabled by small group of Republican defectors, to last three years

The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations for three years, a rare bipartisan rebuke of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda enabled by a small group of Republican defectors

Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusat...

A DOJ press release accused Heather Morrow of assaulting an ICE agent.

When video showed Morrow hadn't attacked anyone and was tackled by an officer, prosecutors dropped the felony charges but promptly filed a misdemeanor case against her.

With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

Louisiana GOP races to keep an exonerated Black man from taking office in New Orleans The Louisiana House Judiciary Committee April 16 passed a bill essentially eliminating New Orleans’ clerk of criminal court just weeks before Calvin Duncan, a Black man who was wrongfully imprisoned f...

Louisiana GOP races to keep Calvin Duncan, an exonerated Black man who wrongfully spent years in jail, from taking elected office as New Orleans' Clerk of Criminal Court

www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

Prominent Palestinian human rights advocate barred from entering France Shawan Jabarin, the general director of Al-Haq, a West Bank-based NGO that is currently under US sanctions, was scheduled to speak before the European Parliament's human rights committee in Strasbourg...

Liberté etc

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What about a hot dog

Better this than the guillotine Linda 🫠

Disappearances in Mexico: Urgent Call for UNGA Action The UN General Assembly and Mexico have a unique opportunity to address victims' rights, combat impunity, and reduce enforced disappearances.

The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances has referred the situation in Mexico to the UNGA for the first time.

Hélène Tigroudja writes that this presents a unique opportunity for urgent, coordinated action to address victims’ rights, combat impunity, and reduce future disappearances.

Italy will not renew defence agreement with Israel, Meloni says The Italian PM said the pact, which happens every five years, would be suspended "in view of the current situation".

Italy will not renew its defence agreement with Israel "in view of the current situation", Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announces: www.bbc.com/news/article... #Lebanon #Gaza

Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say Attorneys say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are disregarding a court order requiring access to phones and attorneys for detainees.

April 2: guards cut all phone access in the housing units without warning. When detainees protested, CRS officers allegedly punched a man, threw another to the ground, kicked him in the head, and pinned him by the neck. A third detainee's wrist was broken. The entire cage was pepper-sprayed.

2 ¶'s for context

"Batra, who is Sikh, left India after her parents were murdered during a state pogrom against Sikhs in...1980s....she missed a one-year application deadline and her chance to become an asylee."

"Agents posed for photos with her handcuffed, which they said was for 'social media.'"

French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to marry 1950s sweetheart The family of Marie-Thérèse, from Brittany, fear for her health after she was cuffed and placed in a detention centre

An 86-year-old French woman who moved to the US to marry her 1950s sweetheart is being held in a crowded detention centre in Louisiana after she was arrested by immigration agents and cuffed by her hands and feet.

Over-sold and under-delivered: Israel's Netanyahu faces ceasefire backlash Polls show Israeli public frustration over a showdown that did not fully defeat Iran.

Polls show Israeli public frustration over a showdown that did not fully defeat Iran.

DHS Paying Local Police Millions in Quieter Approach to Immigration Enforcement Facing public backlash, the Trump administration is outsourcing more immigration enforcement to local agencies and politically connected contractors.

Markwayne Mullin appears to be scaling back the visibility of ICE agents in enforcement, saying he’d “love to see” ICE spend more time doing “transport” and less on the “front line.”

One way to do that is by paying local police to take on more of the investigations and arrests of immigrants.

Spain moves forward with mass migrant regularisation Ministry officials hail landmark overhaul of Spain’s immigration system

Spain moves forward with mass migrant regularisation

Spain, Belgium to allocate over $2 billion in defense support for Ukraine Spain and Belgium have pledged a combined 2 billion euros ($2.35 billion) in new military aid to Ukraine following recent defense talks, officials said.

⚡️Spain, Belgium to allocate over $2 billion in defense support for Ukraine.

Spain and Belgium have pledged a combined 2 billion euros ($2.35 billion) in new military aid to Ukraine following recent defense talks, officials said.

The Administration Undermines the Military’s Procedures for Merit-Based Promotions and Traditions of Nonpartisanship: An Executive Watch Roundup Our early-April selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law

Hegseth blocked promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four military branches. None had open investigations against them. None had been accused of misconduct. They simply weren't the right profile.

Hungary after Orban: Relief in Brussels, reality check on Ukraine Viktor Orban's defeat in Hungary's election will likely unlock the EU's 90 billion-euro loan for Ukraine and its EU membership bid, but that does not mean progress will be instantaneous or free of fur...

Viktor Orban's defeat in Hungary's election will likely unlock the EU's 90 billion-euro loan for Ukraine and its EU membership bid, but that does not mean progress will be instantaneous or free of further obstacles.

A new immigration strategy shakes agro-industrial rural towns • Minnesota Reformer “Some would say that the Supreme Court, in effect, encouraged ICE to engage in racial profiling in immigration enforcement,” said Kevin R. Johnson, a law professor at the University of California, Dav...

In small towns where farm and meat packing jobs are the major employers, ICE agents pick people off of the street instead of conducting workplace raids, apparently attempting to continue arrests without slowing down production. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/13/a...

Actually the more I zoom in the more disturbed I get

What is that creature in the upper middle? 🤔

Judge bars Trump administration from nixing protected status for Ethiopians

Judge bars Trump administration from nixing protected status for Ethiopians https://aje.news/q2stut