Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a 98-page report on Tuesday said that laws banning gender-affirming care in the US are inflicting severe harm on young people, their families, and on healthcare systems. Many families reported traveling long distances to seek treatment, with many insurance companies routinely denying coverage for out-of-state treatment. Six states—Idaho, North Dakota, [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter said on Friday that Rwanda needs to better distribute its wealth to protect populations that are still living below the poverty line, especially vulnerable rural populations. Although De Schutter praised Rwanda for its marked progress in reducing poverty, he warned that much could [...]
A US federal judge for the District Court of Massachusetts on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from banning Harvard College’s enrollment of international students. Judge Allison Burroughs granted Harvard’s motion for a temporary restraining order and effectively enjoined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from revoking Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) [...]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Philippine lawmakers on Tuesday to undertake reforms to address the precarious situation for journalism in the country. Despite improvements to the freedom of the press in past years, the country still ranks poorly at 116th out of 180 countries tracked by RSF. In its statement, RSF noted that economic fragility, [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern Tuesday regarding the number of deportations of individuals from the US. According to Türk, the deportations raise “serious concerns regarding a wide array of rights … rights to due process, to be protected from arbitrary detention, to equality before the law, to be protected from [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans living in the US. The ruling follows a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of individual beneficiaries, sponsors of humanitarian parole processes, [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday issued a 59-page report stating that the US should repeal the Alien Enemies Act. HRW emphasized that US obligations under international law have drastically changed since the Alien Enemies Act was enacted. The organization stated: “he US is party to numerous human rights treaties that oblige the government to [...]
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) on Wednesday published a list of attacks on reproductive rights and healthcare during Trump’s first 100 days in office. First, the Trump administration is refusing to defend the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law that requires hospitals to provide treatment to those in emergency medical [...]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations for New York (CAIR-NY), along with Kaufman Lieb Lebowitz & Frick LLP, on Thursday sued Orange County, New York, officials for religious discrimination against plaintiff Tammi Green. The 27-page complaint outlines multiple instances where county jail officials are alleged to have violated Green’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. According to [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case concerning the viability of religious opt-outs from LGBTQ+ curriculum in public schools. In the brief for the petitioners, the parents argue that “gender and sexuality are topics of enormous religious importance” and that “decisions related to these topics can have life-changing [...]
