Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned China for banning family members from visiting the cemetery of people who perished in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. This is the first time in 37 years that the Chinese authorities have banned the visit. According to the Tiananmen Mothers, the Chinese authorities notified family members of people who lost their [...]
The Amsterdam District Court allowed on Wednesday Greenpeace International to proceed with its anti-SLAPP lawsuit against Energy Transfer in the Netherlands on Wednesday. Energy Transfer, one of the largest energy companies in North America with businesses in the Netherlands, attempted to halt a lawsuit initiated by Greenpeace International, an environmental group headquartered in the Netherlands. [...]
A bipartisan majority in the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday passed a resolution to end US involvement in the war with Iran, emphasizing the growing distrust and disapproval over the Trump administration’s handling of the conflict. Four Republicans flipped to join Democrats, passing the War Powers Resolution (WPR) by a vote of 215-208. While it carries [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday appealed a lower federal court order, denying it access to Arizona’s statewide voter registration list (SVRL), in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The list contains sensitive information of voters such as full name, date of birth, residential address, and driver’s license number or [...]
The Senate of Canada rejected on Wednesday, with a vote of 32-41, its human rights committee’s proposed amendment to include a residential school denialism offense in the contentious hate crime bill. The Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights returned its report with amendments to the Senate on Tuesday. One main amendment added a residential school [...]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) on Wednesday reclassifying approximately 8,000 senior policy-influencing federal roles into the Schedule Policy / Career category, which effectively enables the “at will” removal of federal workers in these roles. According to the Trump Administration, the present personnel rules present significant hurdles to removing federal employees for “any” [...]
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has permanently abandoned the $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” created as part of a May 18 settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service, even as two federal [...]
A Kenyan court on Tuesday lengthened its suspension on building a US Ebola quarantine center near the Laikipia airbase following protests that left two people dead. After reviewing an emergency petition by the Katiba Institute, Justice Patricia Mande Nyaundi postponed the operation of the planned quarantine facility by another three weeks. The petition raised issues [...]
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) urged members of parliament (MPs) on Tuesday to amend the pending Bill C-14 on bail reform, to maintain the presumption of innocence. The Liberal Party introduced Bill C-14 in October to make bail rules stricter and toughen sentencing outcomes by targeting over 80 areas in Canada’s Criminal Code, especially [...]
The US Supreme Court issued an unsigned order Tuesday allowing Alabama to use a congressional map that is expected to benefit Republican candidates during the midterms, effectively eliminating a district currently represented by a Black Democrat. Over the dissent of the three liberal justices, the court released the order despite the fact that Alabama has [...]
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