Articles Tagged with george floyd

The acting clerk of Ulster County, New York, rejected on Thursday the filing of a $100,000 judgment against a doctor who is accused of unlawfully providing abortion-inducing drugs to a Texas woman. Refusing to file the summary judgment, Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck invoked New York’s SHIELD Act. He further noted that Ulster County’s decision is [...]

The state government of Queensland, Australia, initiated on Thursday an independent review into the use of pediatric gender hormone therapy. While the final report is due by November 30, the pause on new patients under 18 accessing hormone therapies within the public healthcare system will remain in place until the review is completed. Professor Ruth [...]

Peru’s National Jury of Elections (JNE) on Tuesday issued deadlines for high-ranking officials to resign in order to run for office in the 2026 General Elections. JNE issued a series of resolutions to address potential challenges that may arise due to a surplus of General Election candidates. JNE stated in its resolutions that approximately 10,000 [...]

UNICEF warned on Wednesday that approximately 825,000 children are trapped by escalating violence and severe food shortages in Sudan’s North Darfur region. The UN agency called for their urgent protection as well as immediate humanitarian access. The dire warning comes as clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensify. [...]

Two former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officials filed a lawsuit Thursday against US President Donald Trump seeking to challenge their dismissal as commissioners from the FTC. Trump fired Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Tuesday, making the two commissioners the latest officials dismissed from an administrative agency. Filed in the federal district court for [...]

The South Korean government’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission admitted on Wednesday that the government had violated fundamental human rights in the intercountry adoption process due to a lack of a proper legislative framework, oversight, and adherence to administrative procedures. The government’s findings are based on an intensive investigation that involved gathering information and conducting interviews [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the “systematic attack” on the rights of Baloch activists in Pakistan. The organization called for the immediate release of detained protesters, including prominent human rights defenders Dr. Mahrang Baloch, Sammi Deen Baloch and Bebarg Zehri, and demanded a thorough investigation into the police violence during a March 21 protest in [...]

The deans of 79 US law schools issued a joint letter on Wednesday condemning US President Donald Trump’s efforts to sanction law firms and lawyers, warning that such actions violate the US Constitution. The deans, who signed the letter in their personal capacity, stated: We write to reaffirm basic principles: The government should not punish lawyers [...]

Poland’s Council of Ministers adopted a regulation on Thursday suspending the right to asylum applications for migrants arriving from Belarus. The regulation will implement a 60-day restriction on the right to asylum on the border with Belarus. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the regulation will come into force immediately. This regulation comes into [...]

The Brazilian Supreme Court unanimously decided on Wednesday to proceed with a trial against former president Jair Bolsonaro for  conspiring to overthrow the government after his 2022 election defeat. Last month, Prosecutor General of the Republic Paulo Gonet Branco charged Bolsonaro and 34 other individuals with acts committed “against the Three Branches of Government and [...]