Two unions representing US government workers filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging President Trump’s efforts to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers, making it easier to fire them. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), both federated unions under the AFL-CIO, represent more than 2 [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Monday that Libyan authorities have used a “litany of overbroad and draconian legacy laws” to suppress civil rights activists and organizations. The group said the threats, harassment and arbitrary detention under these laws amount to an infringement of freedom of assembly and association under international law. HRW found that [...]

Navajo Nation officials have said that at least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being detained or questioned by federal law enforcement and asked to prove their citizenship since last Wednesday. Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren released a statement Friday concerning the reports of Indigenous arrest and questioning by Immigration and [...]

The US Congress passed a bill Wednesday that requires undocumented immigrants accused of theft or violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial. The “Laken Riley Act,” named after a Georgia nursing student murdered by an undocumented immigrant last year, easily passed through the House in a 263–156 vote as 46 Democrats joined the [...]

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) alleged that Thailand has consistently violated prisoners’ right to health under international law, in a report submitted Monday to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health. Prior to her country visit to Thailand, Special Rapporteur on the right to health Tlaleng Mofokeng called for input on [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a case concerning a Texas law restricting access to websites with “sexual material harmful to minors.” Derek Shaffer, counsel for the law’s challengers, argued that the application of rational basis defies the precedent set in Ashcroft v. [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Fayette County, Tennessee, alleging its Board of County Commissioners violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The board’s adoption of a county commission redistricting plan did not give black voters “an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and to elect [...]

Russia has been subjecting 314 children to its system of coerced adoption and fostering, according to the investigation released by Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) Tuesday. The HRL began documenting potential violations of international law by Russia in Ukraine as part of an initiative led by the US Department of State [...]

Reproductive advocacy groups filed suit Tuesday in Maricopa Superior Court, seeking to overturn the current Arizona law banning abortion after 15 weeks. The groups, including the Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union, asserted that the ban violates a constitutional amendment approved by voters last month. During last month’s election, more than [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a case in which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused to approve flavored e-cigarettes, citing public health concerns. The FDA denied applications from two companies — Triton Distribution and Vapetesia — to sell flavored liquids for use in e-cigarettes, also known as vapes. Under [...]