Articles Tagged with France

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a letter to the US Senate on Thursday, warning the legislative body that the passage of the Antisemitism Awareness Act may infringe on the right to free speech. In its letter, the ACLU said the definition of antisemitism in the proposed Antisemitism Awareness Act is overly broad and [...]

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator Deanne Criswell and former FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington, alleging civil rights violations in the federal agency’s response to hurricanes Helene and Milton. The back-to-back storms, which hit Florida in late September and early October, have now sparked a [...]

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights released its ruling in the case of Pérez Lucas et al v. Guatemala on Thursday, finding the State responsible for the forced disappearance of four indigenous human rights defenders in 1989. The court determined that Guatemala violated multiple rights under the American Convention on Human Rights when state agents [...]

The daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X filed a civil action Friday against the US, the city of New York, and the estates of various former federal agents for their alleged role in concealing, condoning, and facilitating his assassination in 1965. The family of Malcolm X is represented by noted civil rights attorney Ben [...]

Croatia’s anti-corruption authority, Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK),  on Thursday launched an investigation against the former health minister Vili Beroš, in addition to two other companies, for allegations of corruption through the public health system.  USKOK initiated an investigation against three Croatian citizens on suspicion of participating in a criminal [...]

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a legislative subpoena cannot interfere with an execution scheduled by the judiciary, emphasizing the importance of separation of powers. The ruling centers on the case of Robert Roberson, who was convicted in 2003 of killing his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, through shaken baby syndrome—a diagnosis now widely [...]

The European Commission fined Meta, the parent company of Facebook, $797.72 million euro on Wednesday for abusing its dominant position and breaching EU antitrust rules. The EU opened these proceedings against Meta in 2021 for the anti-competitive advertising model adopted in the operation of Facebook Marketplace. Meta, formerly known as Facebook Inc., owns several social [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice Edwards on Thursday called on Ecuador to investigate and prosecute the alleged torture of its former vice president Jorge Glas. The Special Rapporteur raised alarm over the conditions of Glas, who has shown signs of physical and psychological torture. According to medical reports provided, Glas has suffered “dislocated thumbs, [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Friday directed the newly formed Jammu & Kashmir union territory government to frame a policy for the premature release of prisoners. The Supreme Court directed the Jammu & Kashmir administration to develop a policy on the premature release of prisoners after a former security personnel who was convicted of [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that Poland violated the right to a fair trial enshrined in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights by quashing and modifying the sentence of a prisoner who had already served the majority of his sentence. The applicant, Łukasz Zakrzewski, contended that the [...]