The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that French judges erred in convicting activists who staged a “boycott Israel” demonstration at a supermarket. The activists, who were members of the “Collectif Palestine 68,” boycotted products imported from Israel as part of a campaign launched in July 2005. On September 26, 2009, five of the [...]
The Public Utilities Commission of the State of California said Thursday that drivers who work for services such as Uber and Lyft will be considered employees, not independent contractors, under California’s new gig worker law. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 5 into law in September, modifying the California Labor Code to direct that an [...]
Buffalo, New York, Mayor Byron Brown on Wednesday ordered that a new police unit, trained in civil rights and without military gear, handle peaceful demonstrations. This order comes after a police riot unit was involved in the injury of a 75-year-old protester. During the June 4 march against racism and police brutality in Buffalo, two [...]
The US Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday released a draft of a new regulation that would make it more difficult for migrants to claim asylum in the US. The departments propose to amend the current regulations that govern credible fear determinations so that any individual that has a credible fear [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the US Postal Service (USPS) 2018 rule that disallowed political content on custom stamps is unconstitutional. Since 2005, USPS has offered customers the opportunity to create their own customized stamps. In 2015 USPS established content requirements that were established and maintained [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit dismissed on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by a member of the Satanic Temple against a Missouri abortion law. Judy Doe, a member of the Satanic Temple, alleged that the informed-consent requirement violates her Satanist beliefs, as well as the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the [...]
The US National Park Service (NPS) published a new rule in the Federal Register on Tuesday that will remove certain prohibitions against hunting and trapping practices that are otherwise allowed by Alaska state law. The NPS is removing paragraphs (f) and (g) of 36 C.F.R. § 13.42, which deal with the taking of wildlife in [...]
Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a 2017 law that legalized settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the West Bank. Under the “Law for the Regularization of Settlement in Judea and Samaria,” which was approved in February 2017, settlers were allowed to remain on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West [...]
The New York State Assembly on Monday approved the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act, which would criminalize the harmful use of chokeholds by police officers or peace officers. The act would create a new crime of aggravated strangulation. This would occur when a police officer or peace officer obstructs breathing or blood circulation by using a [...]
The Nagoya District Court on Thursday rejected a man’s request to overturn a decision deeming him ineligible for victims’ compensation following the death of his same-sex partner. The man, Yasuhide Uchiyama, had lived with his partner for around 20 years. After his partner was murdered in 2014, Uchiyama filed for victims’ compensation in December 2016. [...]
