UN human rights experts Monday issued a statement expressing deep concern about the reported repression, killings, arrests and disappearances of demonstrators in Peru. Experts are also concerned about reports of violence against media personnel covering the protests. They are also worried about peaceful demonstrators being labeled as terrorists because of the potential stigma and conceivable [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced a policy incentivizing companies to voluntarily self-report criminal conduct. The United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, which is effective immediately, aims to nationally standardize these disclosures and encourage companies to maintain effective compliance programs, efficiently remediate misconduct and cooperate with the government in corporate investigations. The [...]
The US Supreme Court Thursday announced that investigators have been unable to identify the individual or individuals who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in May 2022. The court labeled the leak as a “grave assault” and unanimously agreed to the investigation. The court’s Thursday statement explains [...]
A Texas federal court Thursday granted the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them for authorizing COVID-19 vaccine administration to children. The FDA filed to dismiss the lawsuit based on lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. The US District Court for the Western District of [...]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Tuesday signed a bill into law that institutes a statewide ban on the sale and manufacturing of assault rifles. Pritzker signed the bill after it passed the Illinois Senate Monday in a vote of 34-20. The bill, known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act, also prohibits the sale and manufacturing of [...]
President Biden Friday pardoned five people convicted of drug- or alcohol-related offenses and one woman who murdered her allegedly abusive husband. All who were pardoned had completed their sentences, and many of them were served decades ago. Those pardoned have built careers and been personally involved with community service since serving their sentences. Biden pardoned [...]
In a 5-4 vote the US Supreme Court Tuesday allowed Title 42, a Trump-era deportation policy, to remain in effect. With the decision, the court put on hold a lower federal judge’s decision that would have ended the Title 42 policy last week. The court stated that this ruling does not preclude the federal government [...]
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Wednesday filed a criminal complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the “atrocious crimes” of detaining and intercepting Libyan refugees and returning refugees to Libya. Some of the accused include high-ranking officials of EU Member States such as Italy and Malta and other EU agencies. [...]
The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments regarding Texas and Louisiana’s challenge to the Biden administration’s immigration policy. The court asked the parties to address three legal issues: (1) whether the states had legal right to bring their lawsuit; (2) the legality of the policy itself; and (3) whether the district courts had power [...]
A Georgia state judge Tuesday overturned Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act, also known as the Heartbeat Bill, ruling it unconstitutional from the time it was drafted. Judge Robert C.I. McBurney found that two sections of the LIFE Act were void because of this. The sections at issue criminalized abortions once a fetus [...]
