Author: News Desk

Indian national Sanjay Kumar, 45, was sentenced today to 43 months in prison and one year of supervised release for conspiring to sell tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of counterfeit oncology pharmaceuticals into the United States. Kumar pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods. According to court documents, […]

Amin surrendered in Malaysia.    A Bangladeshi national is scheduled to make his initial court appearance today in the District of Alaska to face charges that he operated an international child sexual exploitation enterprise. According to court documents, in July 2022, Zobaidul Amin, 28, was indicted by a federal grand jury with charges related to his […]

“As the world navigates democratic backsliding, rising conflicts, economic pressures and shrinking of civic space, there is an increasingly organised pushback at gender equality and regression of women’s rights,” Sarah Hendriks, UN Women Director, Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division told reporters at a briefing in New York.  “Justice systems do not stand apart from those […]

  Gender equality concerns us all, and it benefits all. While progress has been made, at the current pace of change, it would take 50 years for the EU to reach full gender equality. Disparities among EU countries also persist.  Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, the European Commission has presented its gender equality strategy for 2026-2030. The strategy embeds gender equality into every aspect of life, […]

The Independent International Fact Finding Mission (FFM) on Iran, which was created by the Council in 2022, said it was deeply concerned about the protection of detainees, in addition to the escalating violence that continues to impact Lebanon and multiple Gulf States. The panel of independent rights experts cited credible reports “that many [prisoners in […]

Aid coordination office, OCHA, reported that casualty figures “cannot yet be independently verified” due to limited access.  Schools and markets in several border districts remain closed amid ongoing instability, while mortar fire has forced families to flee villages in northwest Pakistan.  Aid operations in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been temporarily suspended, although assistance continues […]

A correctional officer at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Aliceville was charged in an indictment, unsealed today, with eight counts of deprivation of rights under color of law arising out of his sexual assault of seven female inmates. According to the indictment, between May 2022 and September 2024, Felix Sylvester Wilder, 37, violated the civil rights […]

A Springfield, Oregon, man was sentenced to federal prison today for a federal hate crime after assaulting a victim on the basis of their sexual orientation. Daniel Andrew McGee, 26, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release. “The right to live safely in one’s community is a fundamental […]

The Justice Department announced today that the David Jones and D Jones Properties LLC have agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that Jones sexually harassed a female tenant in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The Justice Department’s lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin […]