Peter Stager of Arkansas was sentenced Monday to 52 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution in a District of Columbia courtroom for beating a police officer with a flag pole during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. In the criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of [...]
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Supreme Court of India to deliberate on constitutional validity of marital rape exception
The Supreme Court of India said on Wednesday that it will deliberate on the constitutional validity of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code. This exception currently prevents non-consensual marital sex from being considered rape, raising concerns about the rights and protection of those involved. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, [...]
Tulsa Race Massacre survivors criticize dismissal of lawsuit demanding restitution
The last three survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher and Hughes Van Ellis Sr., have criticized Friday’s Oklahoma state court dismissal of their lawsuit seeking restitution for themselves and the descendants of those affected by the massacre. They plan to appeal. Randle, Fletcher and Van Ellis, all over 100 [...]
Germany to grant $1.4B compensation to Holocaust survivors in 2024
The Conference on Jewish Materials Claims Against Germany announced on Thursday that it successfully negotiated a deal with the German Federal Ministry of Finance on behalf of Holocaust survivors around the world. The deal means approximately $1.4 billion worth of compensation will be paid in various forms to Jewish survivors of German persecutions in World [...]
Italy environmental activists to pay damages to Vatican after gluing their hands to ancient statute
The Tribunal of Vatican City State ordered two Italian activists Monday to pay 28,148 euros in restitution for the damages caused by their protest. The court found that two members of Ultima Generazione (Last Generation), Guido Viero and Ester Goffi, damaged the base of the Gruppo del Laocoonte (Laocoön Group) statute inside the Vatican Museum, [...]
UN alleges human rights violations against Guantanamo Bay Prison detainee
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention released a report alleging that Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the US all participated in human rights violations against Abd al-Rahim Hussein al-Nashiri, a man accused of assisting in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000. Al-Nashiri is currently held in [...]
Alabama state representative takes plea deal for criminal charges, resigns
Alabama State House Representative Fred Plump Jr. agreed to resign from the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday as part of a plea deal for federal criminal charges. Plump was charged with wire fraud and obstruction of justice under 18 U.S.C. § 1349 and 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2), respectively. Plump, in addition to resigning from [...]
54 Utah forced sterilization program survivors still living: Lancet report
The Lancet medical journal released a report Wednesday revealing that 54 people who underwent Utah’s eugenic sterilization program are still surviving. An estimated 830 people were subjected to the state-sanctioned practice, which started in 1925 and ended in 1970. The report blamed the state’s eugenicists for the introduction of the program. Eugenicists believed that the [...]
Restitution of Conjugal Rights: A Peril to Fundamental Rights in India
In Indian society, marriages are an essential part of life and are considered divine and sacrosanct. The concepts of progressive marriage are still trying to find their place in a world where the relationship between society and law is a hare and tortoise race. While the view of women as chattel is gradually changing, remedies [...]
Indonesia president expresses regret for historical rights abuses
Indonesian President Joko Widodo Wednesday expressed remorse over human rights abuses in the country committed between 1965 and 2003. He listed around 12 incidents in the country’s history for which he was sincerely apologetic. Widodo’s statement came after he received a report from the “Non-Judicial Settlement Team for Serious Human Rights Violations.” The team was [...]