UN Expert Alioune Tine reported on Tuesday that the human rights situation in Mali is of grave concern and that the country needs a comprehensive strategy to tackle it. Tine urged an effective military response to stop the violence and protect the population. Violence caused by armed extremist groups and by Malian and international security [...]
UN experts on Friday urged action against attacks on people with albinism leading up to Malawi’s elections in May. This declaration comes on the heels of the killing of one person and the separate abduction of a baby. Discrimination against people with albinism has been a problem in the past in Malawi—150 cases of these [...]
Acting US Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen on Tuesday released a joint statement claiming that foreign interference had no influence on the 2018 elections. The full report was submitted to President Donald Trump on Monday and remains classified. During the election cycle the Department of Justice and Homeland Security [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California on Wednesday filed a complaint against the Sacramento County Sheriff for blocking Black Lives Matter (BLM) leaders from his Facebook page. Tanya Faison and Sonia Lewis brought this complaint against Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, alleging violations of their freedom of speech rights under the First [...]
As US immigration courts opened on Monday to the 86,000 cases that were canceled during the shutdown, attorneys speculatde that it could take years to get through this backlog. As of the end of November, it was estimated that there were more than 800,000 cases pending before the immigration courts. Jennifer Williams, an immigration law [...]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Thursday asked the government of Sudan to protect its people’s rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. Since mid-December 2018, demonstrations have been taking place in multiple cities across Sudan. As of January 6th, 816 people have been arrested, including “journalists, opposition leaders, protestors [...]
A lawsuit was filed on Thursday to void actions made during an “extraordinary session” of the Wisconsin legislature that diminish the power of the incoming Democratic Governor. In December the legislature passed laws that would take away the ability of the governor to withdraw from lawsuits without legislative approval. This prevents incoming Governor Tony Evers [...]
A UN expert called Monday for the restoration of telecommunication services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC continues to have their internet shut down in the wake of their general elections, which took place on December 30. The next day the internet and SMS services were shut down in the country [...]
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday issued a stay of the contempt order and accrual of fines for a foreign company speculated to be a part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The stay sets a deadline of December 31 at noon for the Court to further respond and decide if they want to take the [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, on Tuesday condemned Egypt for the “forced evictions, housing demolitions, arbitrary arrest, intimidation and reprisals” against those who talked with her earlier this year. Farha asserts that Egypt failed to keep assurances made to her that the people and communities she met with [...]
