On Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2025, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social his intention to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” in response to the National Guard shooting two days earlier. The announcement, using terminology widely considered …
Donald TrumpJoseph EdlowDepartment of Homeland SecurityUSCISCouncil on American-Islamic Relations+2 moreimmigrationracismcivil-rightsexecutive-powerrefugees+5 more
On August 20, 2025, the United States imposed targeted sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, escalating an ongoing campaign to obstruct international judicial proceedings into potential war crimes.
Key Details:
Four officials sanctioned: Two judges (Kimberly Prost and …
Kimberly ProstNicolas GuillouNazhat Shameem KhanMame Mandiaye NiangMarco Rubio+2 moreicc-sanctionsinternational-lawjudicial-independencerule-of-lawneutralize-referees+6 more
France’s data protection authority (CNIL) imposed a €20 million fine on Clearview AI - the maximum penalty allowed under GDPR Article 83 - for unlawful processing of biometric data through its facial recognition technology. The CNIL found that Clearview had collected over 20 billion images …
CNILClearview AIEuropean Data Protection BoardFrancesurveillance-stateprivacy-violationsregulatory-actioninternational-lawgdpr
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined Clearview AI £7.5 million for breaching UK data protection rules by creating an online database of over 20 billion images of people’s faces collected from publicly available sources on the internet and social media without …
Information Commissioner's OfficeClearview AIUnited Kingdomsurveillance-stateprivacy-violationsregulatory-actioninternational-lawgdpr
A joint investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and provincial counterparts from Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta concluded that Clearview AI’s scraping of billions of images of people from across the Internet represented “mass surveillance” and was a …
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of CanadaClearview AIRCMPsurveillance-stateprivacy-violationsinternational-lawregulatory-action
The European Court of Human Rights issues rulings finding that Romania and Lithuania violated the European Convention on Human Rights by hosting CIA secret prisons where terrorism suspects were tortured. The court conclusively determines that Romania operated a CIA black site from September 2003 to …
European Court of Human RightsRomaniaLithuaniaCIAAbu Zubaydah+1 moretortureciablack-sitesinternational-lawromania+2 more
The European Court of Human Rights issues a landmark ruling finding that Poland violated the European Convention on Human Rights by allowing the CIA to operate a secret torture prison on its territory from December 2002 to September 2003. The court conclusively determines that Poland hosted a CIA …
European Court of Human RightsPolandCIAAbu ZubaydahAbd al-Rahim al-Nashiri+1 moretortureciablack-sitesinternational-lawpoland+2 more
Vladimir Putin orchestrated the illegal annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, violating international law and multiple treaties. The operation involved deploying unmarked Russian special forces, conducting a disputed referendum, and subsequently integrating Crimean territories into Russian control. The …
Vladimir PutinSergey AksyonovViktor YanukovychSergey LavrovDmitry Kozakrussiaukraineannexationputincrimea+3 more
Following the September 11 attacks, President Bush authorizes the CIA to conduct “extraordinary rendition”—the extrajudicial kidnapping and transfer of terrorism suspects to foreign countries for detention and interrogation, often involving torture. CIA Director George Tenet and …
CIAGeorge W. BushGeorge TenetCofer Blacktortureciarenditionkidnappingwar-crimes+2 more
Secretary of State Frank Kellogg and French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact (officially the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy) in Paris, eventually ratified by 62 nations. The treaty solemnly renounces war as an instrument of …
Frank KelloggAristide BriandCalvin CoolidgeU.S. Senateforeign-policyinstitutional-captureinternational-lawimperialism
Fifty-three recently abducted Africans being transported aboard the Spanish schooner Amistad from Havana to Puerto Príncipe, Cuba revolt under the leadership of Joseph Cinqué, killing the captain and cook while sparing the Spanish navigator to sail them back to Sierra Leone. The Africans had been …
Joseph CinquéAmistad captivesJohn Quincy AdamsLewis TappanU.S. Supreme Courtslaveryinstitutional-corruptionresistancelegal-victoryinternational-law