The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that four cruise lines can be sued for using docks in the Port of Havana that Cuba’s communist government seized from an American company in 1960, reviving a case that could leave the companies owing hundreds of millions of dollars. The 8-1 decision sided with Havana Docks Corp., which The post Supreme Court says cruise lines can be sued over seized Cuba docks appeared first on JURIST – News.

Amnesty International demanded the removal of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Commander ‘Abu Lulu’ on Tuesday, citing war crime allegations. Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said in their official demand: It is alarming to learn he has returned to combat without any investigation into the allegations. The RSF leadership must remove Abu Lulu The post Rights group urges RSF commander to be removed from Sudan battlefield appeared first on JURIST – News.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged states to protect the LGBTQ+ community in a statement marking the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Türk said discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community remain widespread. According to him, more than one in three countries still criminalize consensual same-sex conduct. Last year, The post UN rights chief urges states to protect LGBTQ+ community appeared first on JURIST – News.

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday vetoed a pair of bills that would have created a legal marijuana retail marketplace in the state, saying the proposed legislation wasn’t ready to be put into practice. Virginia became the first southern state to legalize recreational marijuana in 2021, but the legislature deliberately separated possession from retail sales, The post Virginia Governor vetoes marijuana retail bills appeared first on JURIST – News.