The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday upheld the Israeli government’s deportation order against Omar Shakir, a US citizen and the Human Rights Watch (HRW) Israel and Palestine director. The court ordered Shakir’s work permit to be revoked in response to his criticism of Israel’s rights record. While making its determination, the court looked broadly at Shakir’s [...]

The Egyptian House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a constitutional amendment to the 2014 constitution that would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power until 2030 The amendment was approved 531-22-1. The presidential term provision provides that the president’s shall serve for six, rather than four, years and shall not serve for more than [...]

The EU passed a law Tuesday to strengthen protections for whistleblowers who report violations of EU law and increase whistleblower reporting to aid law enforcement. The law heightens protections for whistleblowers by ensuring confidentiality in reporting. Unlike previous legislation, this law allows an individual to report to any “competent national authorities” or other relevant EU [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) settled claims on Tuesday against a Texas city that refused to approve plans for an Islamic cemetery. The US filed its complaint against the City of Farmersville earlier on Tuesday under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA). The complaint alleged that the city unduly burdened the [...]

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced 139 terror suspects to prison terms ranging from three years to life in prison. The court also revoked the citizenship of all but one of those convicted. Bahrain’s state news agency reported that the 139 people convicted were part of a network organized and trained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard [...]

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear arguments that a Pittsburgh rapper’s First Amendment rights were violated after he was convicted for song lyrics. Jamal Knox, who rapped under the name Mayhem Mal, argued that his conviction for song lyrics about killing two police officers violated his First Amendment right. Knox was charged with [...]

A white man accused of burning down three predominately black churches in Louisiana was charged by prosecutors with hate crimes on Monday. The charges were added to three existing arson charges that were filed last week. The man, 21-year-old Holden Matthews, is the son of a Louisiana Deputy Sheriff. He was arrested last week and [...]

The North Carolina state Senate on Monday approved a bill that would make it a felony not to perform lifesaving procedures on an infant born alive as the result of a botched abortion. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act was passed by a vote of 28-19. It still has to be passed by the North [...]

The State Duma, the lower house of parliament in Russia, approved a bill Tuesday aimed at tightening government control of the internet in the country. The bill, which sponsors said is aimed at securing “reliable” access to the World Wide Web independently from the control of other countries, would force Internet Service Providers to route [...]

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin agreed Monday to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of a series of restrictive laws passed during a special session of the state legislature in late 2018. Following the election of Democratic Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul in 2018, the Republican-controlled state legislature convened a special session [...]