Swedish authorities arrested the Chinese captain of a suspected Russia-linked oil tanker on Monday over suspicion of using forged documents and violating maritime law in the Baltic Sea, according to local media. On Sunday, the Swedish Coast Guard stopped the Jin Hui, a 182-meter tanker, in Swedish territorial waters south of Trelleborg over suspicions it was The post Sweden arrests Chinese captain of suspected Russia shadow fleet tanker appeared first on JURIST – News.

Amnesty International released a report on Monday outlining the rising level of online hate speech towards women, visible minorities, and the 2SLGBTQI+ community in Canada. The report details the increase of xenophobia, misogyny, and racism in Canada. It also explains how these factors intersect with one another to create a “virulent cocktail” of hate mongering The post Rights group says online hate speech is escalating in Canada appeared first on JURIST – News.

The Trump administration has built a network of third-country transfer agreements with more than 30 governments and used them to remove over 17,400 people, in some cases in defiance of federal court orders and after individuals had won their release through habeas corpus, according to data released Tuesday by Human Rights First and Refugees International. The post Trump administration has transferred 17,400 people to more than 30 countries under deportation deals appeared first on JURIST – News.

The Karkh Criminal Court in Iraq on Monday sentenced four individuals to six years in prison for promoting the ideology of the banned Ba’ath Party. The court found the defendants guilty of belonging to and promoting Ba’ath Party ideas, including possession of prohibited materials on their mobile phones, in Kirkuk province during 2025 and 2026. The post Four convicted in Iraq for promoting banned Ba’ath Party ideology appeared first on JURIST – News.