Following the release of a report on the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in government, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Friday that they have filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to gather details about how national security and intelligence agencies are using AI in ways that may violate people’s [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called upon Qatar Monday to eliminate discriminatory male guardianship rules that severely limit women’s rights to make life decisions. According to HRW’s report, women in Qatar are largely denied the ability to make decisions on things such as marriage, travel and reproductive health care. Women are required to obtain permission from [...]
China on Saturday announced sanctions against the chair and vice chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Gayle Manchin and Tony Perkins, Canadian parliament member Michael Chong, and Canada’s House of Commons foreign affairs subcommittee on international human rights. These sanctions were in direct retaliation for sanctions imposed by the US, UK, Canada [...]
The US blocked Venezuela Friday from pursuing its dispute over US sanctions at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Biden administration does not recognize Nicolás Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela, due to claims of election manipulation and illegitimate presidency. Instead, the administration recognizes Juan Guaidó as the interim president. Throughout 2020, the US imposed [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Friday that public universities cannot compel professors to respect student pronoun preferences. Per the court, such speech is protected under the First Amendment, particularly if pronoun preferences go against a professor’s religious or philosophical beliefs. The case stemmed out of a dispute between Professor Nicholas [...]
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that keeping people in jail based solely on their inability to post bail is unconstitutional. The purpose of bail is to protect the public interest and to assure that those who are released from jail will return to court. However, the court found that it was not serving these functions [...]
The UK Supreme Court on Friday permitted shop floor workers of Asda, a major supermarket retailer in the UK, to compare their roles to the roles of their colleagues in distribution centres to claim equal pay. Asda’s shop floor workers, who are predominantly women, are seeking compensation for receiving less pay than their colleagues employed [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A true reign of terror descended on Myanmar Saturday as the country’s military junta killed over 100 of its citizens in their own streets and homes as military leaders ostentatiously marked “Armed Forces Day” with a mass parade and a dress dinner in the official capital, Nay Pyi Taw. Loss of life [...]
Dozens of human rights associations including Amnesty International, Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Human Rights Watch have released a letter strongly resisting the adoption of a proposed EU Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online (the Proposed Regulation). Initial EU actions combating terrorism began in 2013 with [...]
The New York City Council on Thursday passed five bills and three resolutions aiming to increase the transparency and accountability of the New York Police Department (NYPD). One bill ended qualified immunity for police officers, making New York City the first American city to ban the use of qualified immunity for police officers. The legislation [...]
