Juan Francisco D’Luna Bilbao and Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez were charged by US authorities Tuesday after 51 migrants were found dead in a semi-truck in San Antonio, Texas, in what is believed to have been the deadliest human trafficking incident in U.S. history. The San Antonio police department discovered a semi-truck transporting some 100 migrants across the [...]
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Wednesday released the revised version of the Istanbul Protocol at the Geneva Academy. The revised version strengthens the effective investigation and documentation of torture and ill-treatment and seeks to fortify the implementation of international principles and preventive tools to assist torture survivors. The revision also incorporated [...]
The Supreme Administrative Court of Poland Tuesday dismissed the appeals of four municipalities whose LGBT-free resolutions were annulled by lower courts, marking a victory for LGBTIQ+ rights in a country where they are often discriminated against. In 2020, the Polish Human Rights Ombudsman filed nine lawsuits against the government over the municipalities instituting so-called ‘LGBT-free’ [...]
The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that the state of Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans who commit crimes against Native Americans on tribal territory. This decision clarifies the 2020 McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling, which held that part of eastern Oklahoma was still a Creek reservation and that the state could not prosecute crimes committed by [...]
The Constitutional Court of South Africa Tuesday unanimously ruled that the Marriage Act 25 of 1961 and the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 were unconstitutional for their exclusion of marriages under Sharia law. Women’s Legal Centre Trust v. The President and Others concerned a challenge to the constitutionality of the two acts, alleging inconsistency with sections 9 [...]
Delhi’s Metropolitan Magistrate Court Tuesday ordered journalist and Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair to remain in police custody for four days. Zubair was arrested on Monday for the crimes of hurting religious sentiments and inciting enmity under Sections 153 and 295 of the Indian Penal Code. In 2018, Zubair posted a tweet which depicted [...]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Tuesday said that he had launched an investigation into whether Walmart improperly filled prescriptions for controlled substances and whether it failed to report suspicious orders, as required under the law. Paxton said he had issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to Walmart for its potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday announced Ghislaine Maxwell received a 20-year prison sentence “for her role in a scheme to sexually exploit and abuse multiple minor girls with Jeffrey Epstein over the course of a decade.” Maxwell must also pay a $750,000 fine and will be supervised for five years upon release. Maxwell [...]
The Michigan Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that defendants charged in connection with the Flint water crisis are entitled to preliminary examinations. Three state employees, Nancy Peeler, Richard L. Baird and Nicolas Lyon, were charged for their roles in the Flint water crisis under Michigan’s “one-man grand jury statute.” The law allows a single judge to [...]
UK Labour MP Stella Creasy Tuesday expressed her intention to propose a provision protecting the right to abortion in a new proposed UK Bill of Rights. Creasy spoke in front of the UK government ministers and asked cabinet member Amanda Milling if she would support a bid to amend the proposed bill of rights to include [...]
