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 [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday held that a Massachusetts law banning the sale, transfer or possession of an assault weapon is not unconstitutional under the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. The case was brought by Massachusetts resident, Joseph Capen, who announced that he was planning on purchasing items [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US Department of Labor from requiring government contractors and federal grant recipients to certify that they do not operate any diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that violate any federal anti-discrimination laws. Executive Order [...]
