Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić Sunday alleged NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers rejected Serbia’s request to replace Serbian security forces in Kosovo. The request came amidst rising tensions between Serbia and Kosovo along Kosovo’s northern border. In an interview by New Weekend Morning, Vučić stated that KFOR told him there was “no need for the return [...]
County of Los Angeles (CLA) Supervisor of the Fourth District Janice Hahn Tuesday announced that CLA will buy back Bruce’s Beach, a waterfront property seized from the Bruce family in the 1920s on the basis of their race. The Bruce family decided to sell the property back to the CLA for $20 million paid to [...]
Colombia’s government program known as the Victim Reparation Fund (VPF), Tuesday announced that $5.7 million will be distributed to victims of paramilitary groups. The compensation is for 8,287 victims of the paramilitary groups of Central Bolivar, Mineros and Libertadores del Sur. The victims include individuals who have been forcibly displaced and victims of sexual violence. [...]
Australian rights group the Human Rights Law Centre Monday called for Western Australia to “fully decriminalise abortion and reform outdated laws.” According to the Centre, abortion is “tethered to the criminal law, rather than being treated as a healthcare matter in law.” The report explains: The right of a person to control if and when [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday demanded the immediate release of Hong Kong “pro-democracy media tycoon” Jimmy Lai and six of his co-defendants. Lai is currently serving a 20-month prison sentence in Hong Kong for his participation in a vigil commemorating victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. A Hong Kong court added almost six additional [...]
Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, Monday settled the lawsuits against City of Louisville for the shooting and death of Taylor in 2020. Taylor was killed in March 2020 during a botched no-knock warrant raid of her apartment by Lousiville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers. Walker’s attorney Steve Romines, in a statement to Washington Post, said: [...]
Australian nonprofit the Human Rights Law Centre Tuesday reported that 60 percent of legislation regarding human rights between 2019 and 2021 was passed by the Australian Federal Parliament with no review by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights. The Committee was created in 2012 “to examine all bills and legislative instruments for compatibility with [...]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Monday delivered an apology speech on behalf of the Crown to the Māori Tribe Ngāti Maniapoto for violations of the Treaty of Waitangi. Ardern stated: The Crown apologises for the devastating long-term prejudice its acts, omissions and violations of Te Ōhākī Tapu nd te Tiriti have caused you. Ngāti [...]
The US Senate Tuesday passed a bill to federally protect same-sex marriage in a bipartisan vote of 61-36 . The bill’s supporters included 49 Democrat senators and 12 Republicans. The Respect for Marriage Act “provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages” and repeals and replaces the federal definition of marriage with “provisions that recognize [...]
Australia’s National Party Monday announced it opposes a campaign to secure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation in Parliament. Voice to Parliament is a proposal to amend the Australian Constitution through a referendum scheduled for 2023. The From the Heart campaign explains that Voice to Parliament is: An Indigenous representative body that provides advice to [...]
