UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Person Cecilia Jimenes-Damary is calling on the government of Libya to protect the hundreds of former residents of the town of Tawergha who are currently stranded...
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio H.B. 214 , a bill which outlaws abortions following a diagnosis of Down Syndrome. Under the bill, a physician who performs or attempts...
The Israeli police force said Monday that they have enough evidence to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , who has allegedly accepted bribes in two separate cases and acted against the interests of the...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York has blocked the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gives undocumented immigrants...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday that numerous armed groups, some linked to the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), are preventing thousands of internally displaced individuals from returning home. The LNA-affiliated groups are reportedly preventing...
An unnamed woman in her 60s filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government Tuesday seeking 11 million yen (approximately USD $101,000) in damages for her forced sterilization at the age of 150because of her intellectual disability under...
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and Mexico's National Workers Union (MNWU) filed a complaint with the US National Administrative Office (NAO) Thursday claiming that Mexico is preparing...
Florida voters will have an opportunity to vote on an amendment to the state constitution that would automatically restore voting rights to felons once they complete their sentences after election officials certified petition signatures...
A former Department of Energy (DOE) has filed a whistleblower complaint claiming that he was fired after releasing controversial photographs of Energy Secretary Rick Perry embracing coal executive Robert Murray during...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday unanimously struck down a constitutional challenge to a California law that criminalizes prostitution. The lawsuit was brought by three self-acknowledged prostitutes, a potential...
