The Mexican government approved a reform to their migration code Wednesday that will keep migrant children out of detention centers. The new changes were praised by the UN and other rights organizations. The UN said that the reforms served four purposes: keeping migrant children out of detention centers, protecting migrant children, extending the protections granted [...]

A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge ruled in favor of the Trump campaign Thursday, finding that ballots may not be counted if the voters failed to provide proof of identification by November 9. The court order by Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt says Secretary Kathy Boockvar lacked the statutory authority to allow the change of deadline for [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in San Francisco to seize over $1 billion in Bitcoin from the Silk Road. The Silk Road was the largest online criminal marketplace where people went to buy controlled substances. In the process of the investigation, DOJ agents made more than 100 purchases. Silk Road creator Ross [...]

Puerto Rico went to the polls and voted for statehood Tuesday. Puerto Ricans were asked, “Should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted into the union as a state?”. With over 97 percent of the results in, over 52.27 percent of voters voted affirmatively.  This is the sixth time that Puerto Rico has voted on the question [...]

Voters in six US states weighed in on voting-related ballot measures Tuesday, including the right of parolees to vote, decisions on ranked-choice voting and citizenship-related voting questions. In Massachusets, the voters rejected a proposal for ranked-choice voting. The Associated Press called the race with 54.7 percent voting against the measure, which, if approved, would have [...]

New Zealand’s electoral commission announced Friday that voters had approved the End of Life Choice Act legalizing euthanasia in New Zealand in a referendum held October 17. Over a million people constituting 62.5% of the electorate voted in favor of legalization. The End of Life Act, approved in the New Zealand parliament last year with the [...]

The Journal of Epimideology and Public Health published a research study Wednesday declaring police shootings of unarmed Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) a “public health emergency.” The study was conducted by members of the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and Yale University using a longitudinal study of Washington Post data to draw their [...]

On Wednesday the UK Home Office announced that beginning in January of 2021 they will implement tougher criminality restrictions for European Union citizens who wish to enter the United Kingdom. Then new rules will take effect the same day that free movement between the EU and the UK ends. Under this new restriction, foreign criminals [...]

The United Nations Secretary-General Wednesday called for an end to police brutality in Nigeria.  António Guterres’ statement comes in the middle of the #ENDSars protests that have been happening in Nigeria since early October. The protests have decried the use of excessive force by police, and especially by the now-defunct SARS unit, the Special Anti-Robbery [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has called for the Indian government to protect the rights of human rights defenders and NGOs in India. She praised India for being at the forefront of the fight for human rights but cautioned that vaguely worded laws may put that in jeopardy. Her Tuesday statement comes [...]