Federal Judge Waverly Crenshaw on Friday dismissed criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling that the charges were punitive for challenging his deportation last year. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025, despite an October 2019 “withholding of removal” issued by the Board of Immigration. Garcia The post Charges against formerly deported Kilmar Abgreo Garcia dismissed as vindictive prosecution appeared first on JURIST – News.

Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has settled its first national case with a school district over harm to children’s mental health.  The terms of the settlement with Breathitt County School District in eastern Kentucky are confidential. However, the district initially sought over $60 million to cover the costs of treating the injuries caused The post Meta settles first lawsuit over harm to children’s mental health appeared first on JURIST – News.

A UN expert on Friday praised a ruling by Colombia’s Supreme Court upholding a 20-year prison sentence for a man found guilty of offering money to young children in exchange for sexual acts. The ruling officially recognises commercial sexual exploitation as part of the country’s wider system of violence against minors. In commenting on the The post UN expert welcomes ruling by Colombia Supreme Court of Justice criminalising sexual exploitation of minors appeared first on JURIST – News.

The World Health Organization (WHO), a United Nations body, and the African Medicines Agency (AMA), an African Union body, signed a Framework Agreement for Collaboration on Friday, aiming to strengthen regulatory systems and improve access to safe, efficient and quality-assured health products across the African continent. The Framework Agreement for Collaboration establishes a partnership between The post UN and AU sign landmark agreement guaranteeing access to safe health products appeared first on JURIST – News.