The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday requiring intervention in China over the mass detention centers located in the Xinjiang program. The legislation’s focus is on Beijing’s detainment of two million Muslim Uighur citizens. “The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, which was passed 407-1 in the Democratic Party-controlled House, requires U.S. President [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that armed robberies involving controlled substances are a violent crime under the statute 18 USC § 924(c)(3)(A). The case arose when the defendant, Michael Burke, robbed a Walgreen’s pharmacy. Burke demanded that the employees give him all of the pharmacy’s OxyContin after pointing a [...]
The Sixth District Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that charter cities such as San Jose must use surplus public land for the purposes of public housing. This requirement was created by the Surplus Land Act, which states that California municipalities must offer disposable land to low income residents before giving it away to companies [...]
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday ordered New Delhi governments to provide clean air and water to its residents or compensate them for unhealthy living conditions caused by the pollution. India’s Supreme Court has “treated the right to live in pollution free environment as a part of fundamental right to life under Article 21 [...]
Student Debt Crisis, a nonprofit organization, initiated a lawsuit against US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Kathy Kraninger, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Monday. The complaint states that DeVos and Kraninger manipulated federal policy requiring the supervision of loan services by the federal government. The CFPB also claimed to only [...]
The Russian State Duma on Thursday approved amendments to a bill entitled “On Mass Media,” designating individuals who communicate with foreign media outlets as “foreign agents.” Since 2012 there have been a number of restrictive laws created regarding the country’s interactions with the international community. The Russian government has already required foreign entities such as [...]
The US Senate approved HR 3289 Tuesday in an attempt to address human rights violations in Hong Kong. The bill would create reporting requirements for Hong Kong officials, including annual reporting of human rights treatment in the area until 2027. The president would be in charge of imposing sanctions in the event that Hong Kong [...]
The FBI released its annual hate crimes report for 2018 on Tuesday. The largest motivation behind 2018 hate crimes were the victim’s race, ancestry and ethnicity, which made up 59.6 percent of the crimes in 2018. However, the total tally of hate crimes decreased by 55, totaling 7,120 for 2018. The report was created using agencies [...]
The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that products originating from lands occupied by Israel cannot be simply labeled as coming from “Israel” on the product’s packaging. The ruling requires labels to indicate the specific territory from which the product originated in order to provide EU consumers with informed choices in their purchases. According to [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday struck down a proposed rule that would have allowed health care providers to turn away patients seeking abortions and other treatments based on the providers’ religious views. The rule was set to take effect later this month but was [...]
