The United Nations expert on Monday has raised concerns about the restrictions imposed on the Brazilian citizen’s rights to full and active social and political participation and the country’s increasing levels of violence. These actions were aimed against human rights defenders, women journalists, indigenous peoples, and traditional communities especially those belonging to African descent. UN [...]
A UK Conservative Party MP was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy. Imran Ahmad Khan, an MP of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ruling party was charged with forcing the teenager to consume alcohol before abusing him in 2008. The incident occurred before Khan became Wakefield MP, and at the time denied the [...]
A group of Democrats in the US House of Representatives Monday introduced the Time Off to Vote Act, which would require employers to give their workers at least two hours of paid time off to vote in federal elections, either on election day or on a day with early voting. A poll conducted after the [...]
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Wednesday found Russia violated international humanitarian law and committed human rights abuses when invading Ukraine. In an ODIHR authorized report, experts found that Russian forces could have avoided violations by respecting their duty to take “precautions in attack.” [...]
The United Nations Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR BiH) Tuesday issued an order halting the application of the Law on Immovable Property Used for the Functioning of Public Authorities. The UN established the OHR BiH at the end of the Bosnian War through the 1995 General Framework Agreement for Peace [...]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak received fines from UK Metropolitan Police Tuesday for breaking COVID-19 lockdown rules. UK Metropolitan Police announced that they have made “over 50 referrals for fixed penalty notices (FPN) to the ACRO Criminal Records Office for breaches of Covid-19 regulations who following the referral issue [...]
Two doctors joined two parents on behalf of their minor children to file a complaint Tuesday in federal court against the governor and the district attorneys of Alabama, Shelby County, and Jefferson County, to block Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (“VCCPA”) from going into effect on May 8, 2022. The VCCPA, signed into [...]
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill on Tuesday banning abortions except for medical emergencies. SB 612 makes abortions, or attempts at abortion, a felony. Punishment includes a $100,000 fine or a maximum of ten years in jail, or both. Governor Stitt did not hide his intent behind the bill, saying he wanted Oklahoma to [...]
Seventeen Holocaust Museums across the world Monday released a statement condemning Russian atrocities in Ukraine. Representatives from museums in the United States, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom wrote: We at Holocaust museums around the world have a particular mission. The stories we tell are ones of destruction and pain, and of the nobility [...]
A spokesperson for the Polish Minister Coordinator of Special Services announced Tuesday that it had arrested a Russian citizen “suspected of acting for the benefit of Russian intelligence services.” The alleged Russian spy was accused of collecting information related to “the military readiness of the Polish Armed Forces and of the NATO troops.” The arrest [...]
