The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Friday released a report on the promotion of human rights for Africans and people of African descent and suggested a comprehensive approach to dismantle systems that perpetuate racism across all aspects of life. Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif commented that many initiatives [...]
Amnesty International Tuesday reported that Russian law enforcement beat and raped Russian activist Arytom Kamardin last week after he recited an anti-war poem, “Glory to Kievan Rus; Novorossiya sucks,” online. Kamardin was named a suspect for “inciting hatred or enmity with the threat of violence” under Article 282(2) of the Russian Criminal Code. If Kamardin [...]
The US Supreme Court Thurday ruled 5-4 that Alabama may carry out the death sentence of inmate Alan Miller through lethal injection rather than Miller’s requested method of nitrogen hypoxia. The Supreme Court lifted a lower court order that would have required Alabama to use nitrogen hypoxia instead of the lethal injection. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday unanimously ruled against the parents of missing child Madeleine McCann. The ECHR stated that Portugal authorities gave Kate and Gerry McCann a fair trial in their libel suit against former Portuguese police officer Goncalo Amaral. The ECHR also released a statement regarding the ruling. The McCanns sued [...]
The South Carolina Senate Thursday passed H.5399, a bill tightening abortion restrictions. South Carolina’s existing abortion law, the Fetal Heartbeat Protection From Abortion Act, is currently pending in front of the state’s Supreme Court. Legislators debated for two days between maintaining exceptions for rape, incest and fetal abnormality or passing a complete abortion ban. Current [...]
A Texas federal judge Wednesday ruled that private employers do not have to provide health insurance coverage for HIV prevention drugs (PrEP drugs) and other preventative care if it violates their religious rights. The ruling means private employers can now offer health insurance plans that exclude or limits coverage of PrEP drugs, contraception, the HPV [...]
A US District Court judge for the Southern District of Florida Monday approved former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review records that the FBI seized from his Florida home in August. Judge Aileen M. Cannon also ordered the government to halt their investigation of Trump until a special master reviews the [...]
California lawmakers Thursday passed a bill to extend the operation of Diablo Canyon power plant, the state’s only nuclear power plant, by five years. California’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) previously approved a proposal to close the plant, owned by PG&E, in 2025, but this bill ensures that it will stay open until 2030. Lawmakers allocated [...]
Proud Boys affiliate Joshua Pruitt was sentenced Monday to four years and seven months in prison for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection. He must also pay $2,000 in restitution. Pruitt was charged with obstruction of an official proceeding and signed a plea agreement June 3. The sentencing memorandum details Pruitt’s involvement with the [...]
A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Pennsylvania judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay more than $200 million in damages to victims in the 2010 “kids for cash” juvenile detention scandal. US District Judge Christopher Conner told Ciavarella and Conahan to pay more than $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive [...]
