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Finnish MP Appeals Hate-Speech Conviction to the European Court of Human Rights

The case tests how Europe balances hate-speech rules with religious speech.

Rajasthan Assembly Passes Bill Regulating Property Deals in ‘Disturbed Areas’

Trump Threatens Executive Order to Impose National Voter ID and Citizenship Proof

Texas Sues to Bar CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood From Operating in the State

Awami League in Exile Says It Is Barred From Bangladesh Election, Rejects UN Rights Report

Verfassungsblog Study Warns of Court-Capture Risks and Urges State Safeguards

Supreme Court Seeks Centre, Assam Response on Pleas to Issue NRC Identity Cards and Start Appeals in Assam

Texas Redistricting Fight Opens in Federal Court as Plaintiffs Seek to Block 2026 Map

Supreme Court Releases October–November Argument Calendar, Schedules Louisiana Redistricting Reargument

Supreme Court Reopens Challenge to Louisiana’s Majority-Minority Map

Trump Team Pushes Texas GOP to Redraw Congressional Map Ahead of 2026 Midterms

U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Syria as Al-Sharaa Tightens Grip on Power

Syria’s Interim Government Faces Challenges of Legitimacy and Sectarian Violence

Gujarat Forms Panel to Draft Uniform Civil Code

UN Rights Chief Advocates Transitional Justice and Sanctions Relief in Post-Assad Syria