Articles Tagged with sanctuary cities

Pennsylvania District Judge David Ridge issued an order Friday affecting 17,000 voters who did not receive mail-in ballots, granting them early in-person voting and new absentee ballots to replace the missing ones. Erie County Clerk Karen Chilcott laid the blame on a ballot vendor Election IQ who was hired to send out the mail-in ballots [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Thursday that the Armenian government’s proposed surveillance bill raises significant concerns regarding privacy rights and civil liberties. HRW cautioned that the mere presence of surveillance systems in public areas can create a chilling effect on fundamental rights, including freedoms of assembly, association and expression. The rights group added that [...]

Mauritius’ Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) published a statement Friday implementing a comprehensive suspension of social media access across the island nation. The statement directed all internet service providers to “suspend access to all social media platforms,” citing “illegal postings” that could affect national security and public safety. This measure, confirmed by the Netblocks [...]

The Alberta government introduced three new bills on Thursday aimed at controlling minors’ ability to undergo certain gender-affirming healthcare procedures, choose their name and pronouns at school, and participate in sports. The first bill, Bill 26, aims to amend multiple pieces of health legislation, including the Alberta Health Act. The bill would prohibit sex reassignment surgery [...]

The US Supreme Court rejected Friday an RNC application to stay a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that grants voters who cast defective mail-in ballots an option to alternatively cast in-person provisional ballots. The RNC claimed the state supreme court ruling violated the Pennsylvania Election Code, the Pennsylvania Constitution, and the US Constitution. However, the [...]

US think-tank the Cato Institute asserted that the policy focus on mass deportation of asylum seekers during Donald Trump’s 2017-2020 presidency caused an increase in the number of criminals released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in a report released on Wednesday. The report posits that the former president’s immigration policies created a surge [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged on Wednesday for a “process of truth and healing” following the recent wave of student protests in Bangladesh that culminated in resignation of the prime minister. During his visit to Bangladesh, the High Commissioner for Human Rights highlighted the need for accountability. He stated the importance [...]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stated that the viral video showing a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia IDs claiming to have voted for Vice President Harris is fake, in a statement released Thursday night. In the statement, Raffensperger stated that the video is likely a production of Russian troll farms, to “sow discord and chaos [...]

Human rights organizations urged Burkina Faso on Wednesday to respect and promote the security of human rights defenders in the country amid reports of increased abductions and forced military conscription. These organizations include the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. The organizations noted that human rights defenders have been [...]

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine concluded on Tuesday that Russian authorities have committed torture as a crime against humanity in Ukraine. The commission’s report confirmed that torture practices were widespread in all Ukrainian provinces under Russian control and in Russia’s detention facilities. The commission collected testimonies from civilians who had been [...]