The European Parliament Thursday passed a resolution criticizing Vietnam for prosecuting political dissent ahead of one of the country’s major political gatherings. Approved by a vote of 592-32, the EU resolution condemns Vietnam’s recent “crackdown on dissent and increasing violations of human rights,” and demands the release of political prisoners who exercised their right to [...]
The Thai government filed a criminal complaint against political leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit Wednesday, citing crimes against the monarchy. Juangroongruangkit is the leader of Future Forward, a pro-democracy party created to contest Thai elections. He criticized the government’s administration of recently developed COVID-19 vaccines. Juangroongruankit specifically condemned the government for relying too heavily on the Crown [...]
The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday evening calling for Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment and remove President Donald Trump from office. Requests for Pence to convene the cabinet to remove Trump have grown in recent days, as reports indicate the president is unwilling to resign in the aftermath [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit blocked a Trump administration refugee policy Friday, halting the ability of state and local governments to unilaterally reject resettlements in their jurisdictions. The Refugee Act, passed by Congress in 1980, created a refugee resettlement program, bringing refugees into the US for humanitarian concerns. An individual seeking participation [...]
Federal prosecutors indicted political strategist Steve Bannon Thursday for his alleged involvement in a privately funded border wall fraud scheme. Southern District of New York (SDNY) prosecutors submitted that Bannon, along with three others, garnered hundreds of thousands of online donors for “We Build the Wall” while falsely claiming that the entirety of the proceeds [...]
US President Donald Trump Tuesday signed a pardon for women’s rights leader and American suffragist Susan B. Anthony. The pardon applies to Anthony’s 148-year-old conviction for voting in the 1872 presidential election. Illegal at the time, Anthony received a $100 fine for casting the ballot, which she refused to pay. A leader in the women’s [...]
The US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released its final report on Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, finding that the Trump campaign welcomed foreign intrusion that harmed the Clinton campaign. The document revisits much of the information covered in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 2019 report on Russian interference. However, the Senate Report explores [...]
A US federal judge Thursday ordered the Trump campaign to provide evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania’s vote-by-mail election system. Thursday’s order requires the campaign to submit evidence to the court by Friday. Judge Nicholas Ranjan of the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania stated that the “Court finds that instances of [...]
The Trump administration is reportedly considering blocking American citizens and legal permanent residents exposed to the novel coronavirus, from re-entering the United States. One of President Donald Trump’s most reported travel restrictions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the March Europe travel ban, did not “apply to permanent residents (generally) immediate family members of US [...]
An Algerian court on Monday sentenced journalist Khaled Drareni to three years in prison for speaking out against the government. Drareni, who is well known in Algeria and has a twitter account of roughly 150,000 followers, reported on the Hirak protest movement, where Algerians are speaking out against the rule of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and [...]
