Amnesty International on Wednesday, called on Egyptian authorities to end “cruel and inhuman detention conditions” at al-Aqrab prison where approximately 130 detainees are on a hunger strike to protest the denial of family visits. The hunger strike has been ongoing for six weeks and is in protest of the detainees not being allowed a single [...]
A Hong Kong court charged 44 protesters with rioting Wednesday due to their involvement in Sunday protests. The peaceful sit-in in a park became “running battles between black-clad demonstrators and police.” They are the first to be charged since protests over the extradition bill began. The defendants were released on bail. Most were ordered to [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement Wednesday with wholesale produce company Pete Pappas & Sons in regard to violations of the Immigrant and Nationality Act (INA). The antidiscrimination issue started when Pappas & Sons human resources required a new employee, who was a refugee, to produce more citizenship documentation than a [...]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 233, legislation meant to protect sex workers from prosecution in certain situations, into law Tuesday. SB 233 will protect sex workers who report being a victim or witness of a serious felony, including sexual battery, assault, domestic violence, extortion and human trafficking, from being charged with certain offenses related [...]
A federal judge in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday dismissed the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) lawsuit against the Trump campaign and various alleged Russian agents for hacking in the 2016 election. The DNC brought this suit hoping to hold members of the Trump Organization, WikiLeaks and the Russian Federation civilly liable for [...]
A group of Republican redistricting organizations sued the Michigan Secretary of State Tuesday to block the implementation of a new nonpartisan commission to redraw voting districts in Michigan in advance of the 2020 election. The case was brought on behalf of 15 residents of Michigan who are barred from serving on the commission under the [...]
The Chief Electoral Officer of Canada declined to move election day despite requests from the Orthodox Jewish Community. Section 56.1 of the Canada Elections Act stipulates that general elections are to be held on the third Monday of October of the fourth year since the last general election. The Chief Electoral Officer has broad discretion [...]
US District Judge Peter Sheridan on Monday affirmed lower court’s ruling on a constitutional challenge to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s ban on 10 round gun magazines. Murphy signed the ban into effect in June 2018 in order to reduce the number of casualties in mass shootings. The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol [...]
UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet on Monday criticized the Brazilian government’s policy to expand mining in the Amazon that could promote violence on indigenous lands. Emrya Wajapi, a leader of the Wajapi community in the northern region of Brazil bordering French Guyana was reportedly killed last week by gold miners. There has been a [...]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two gun control bills into law Monday: the first, a 30-day waiting period requirement for anyone who wants to buy a gun in the state, and the second, to close a loophole in the ownership and sale of bump stocks. The waiting period law requires those who have come [...]
