President Bernardo Arévalo ended the nationwide state of siege in Guatemala on Monday, while maintaining joint military and police operations to combat organized crime and gangs. The move comes after a 30-day emergency period imposed in response to deadly prison riots and attacks that left 11 National Civil Police officers dead. In a nationally broadcast The post Guatemala president ends siege order but keeps military-police crackdown appeared first on JURIST – News.

UN experts on Wednesday expressed their disapproval of the National Police of the Irish Republic’s (Gardaí) acquisition and use of less-lethal weapons such as “double-strength pepper spray” and tasers for crowd control. Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Gina Romero, and Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, The post UN experts criticize Ireland police use of “less-lethal” weapons at protests appeared first on JURIST – News.

A US judge ruled Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as the time period for his removal period has expired and further detention would violate due process. Judge Paul Xinis for the US District Court of Maryland found that the government has a limited time period to detain someone The post US judge rules Abrego Garcia cannot be re-detained appeared first on JURIST – News.

The Congress of Peru on Tuesday approved seven motions of censure against the President of Congress and Interim President of the Republic of Peru, José Jerí, over alleged corruption charges. During a plenary session, 75 members of Congress voted in favor of removing José Jerí from office, with 24 opposing and three abstentions. The approved impeachment The post Peru Congress removes interim president over corruption allegations appeared first on JURIST – News.