The Missouri House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortions occurring 20 weeks after fertilization. House Bill 1266, known as the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” was sponsored by Republican House Member Donna Lichtenegger . The legislation includes language defining the pain capable gestational age as 22 weeks following a [...]

New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday approved legislation to allow people who were previously convicted of homosexual offenses to have their criminal records wiped. The bill “seeks to reduce prejudice, stigma, and all other negative effects” that would come from a prior conviction for a homosexual offense. Homosexual conduct between consenting males over the age of [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California – Orange County Wednesday seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) and Orange County Sheriff (OCSD) for operating secret jailhouse informant programs allegedly in violation of the US Constitution, California Constitution and California state laws. [...]

UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged France to provide adequate emergency shelter, access to drinking water and sanitation facilities, to thousands of migrants living in camps on the northern French coast. “Migrants, regardless of their status,” the experts stated, “are entitled to human rights without discrimination, including access to adequate housing, education, healthcare, water [...]

At the conclusion of a 10-day visit to Thailand, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights issued a statement Wednesday saluting progress by the Thai government but urging improvements in some areas. The group’s goal is to help implement the UN’s Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights . During the visit in [...]

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a group of 17 states and seven cities in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday against the Census Beureau and Commerce Department in an attempt to remove citizenship questions that have been added to the 2020 Census questionnaire. The last time the US Census contained questions regarding citizenship [...]

In the first sentencing in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Muller into Russian meddling, 33-year-old Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison and a $200,000 fine, followed by two months of supervised release. Van der Zwaan pleaded guilty in February after being indicted on charges of lying [...]

The Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court in Germany confirmed Tuesday that an application has been filed by prosecutors in Germany to extradite the deposed Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont . A three-judge senate for criminal matters of the court is now entrusted with the responsibility to determine whether extradition of Puigdemont is warranted under the circumstances. The [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he is cancelling Monday’s relocation agreement with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The agreement followed harsh criticism Israel received after the government approved a plan that would require asylum seekers to choose between imprisonment or deportation to Rwanda or Uganda. The agreement presented by the UNHCR was an [...]

Elected officials from 10 Florida cities, led by Weston Mayor Daniel Stermer , filed a lawsuit in Florida state court Monday against Governor Rick Scott, Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi and other Florida officials challenging a state law that imposes penalties whenever a municipality or its officials are found to impinge on the state legislature’s [...]