A group of UN experts urged the US government Wednesday to respect the rights of human defenders after concerns involving Maru Mora Villalpando, a Mexican immigrant activist who campaigns to protect migrants’ rights. Villalpando, co-founder of a group which highlights human rights concerns about the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, is facing deportation after [...]

Ahmad Khan Rahimi was sentenced to two life terms in prison for both his execution and attempted execution of bombings in New York City on September 17, 2016. Rahimi placed two explosive devices in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, one of which detonated and caused injuries to more than 30 people as well [...]

The UN International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and the Guatemala Special Prosecutor for Impunity , a division of Guatemala’s public ministry, on Tuesday arrested former president Álvaro Colom and 10 former cabinet members on corruption and graft charges , including Alberto Fuentes Knight, the former finance minister who is now the chairman of [...]

Oregon’s House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill to amend the constitution to make access to health care a fundamental right. The amendment would add a section to the state’s constitution that reads: “It is the obligation of the state to ensure that every resident of Oregon has access to cost-effective, medically appropriate and [...]

The Dutch senate on Tuesday narrowly approved legislation revising organ donor registration to make automatic registration for organ donor status the default. Under the bill, people would have to opt-out if they wish. The Netherlands would join eight other European nations with similar policies. All adults not currently enrolled as a donor in the Netherlands [...]

The Israeli police force said Monday that they have enough evidence to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , who has allegedly accepted bribes in two separate cases and acted against the interests of the public. The first case, called “Case 1000,” reportedly concerns whether Netanyahu accepted gifts from prominent figures in return for advancing and [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York has blocked the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gives undocumented immigrants brought into the US as children, known as “Dreamers,” protection from deportation. The lawsuit was originally filed by 17 state attorneys general [...]

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Tuesday told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that he rejects the new proposed congressional map submitted last week by House Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) and Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson) . Wolf told the court that the proposed map still acts as a partisan gerrymander. Wolf based this response [...]

Two UN rights experts expressed serious concern on Tuesday regarding the arrest and detention of Ahed Tamimi, a 17-year-old Palestinian girl who became famous for slapping an Israeli soldier during a physical confrontation. UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory Michael Lynk and Chair-Rapporteur of the UN Working Group [...]

The unseemly haste of the recently elected Democratic Party majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has undermined the impact of a path breaking decision to void Pennsylvania’s current congressional district map as an unconstitutional political gerrymander under the State Constitution. The four votes in favor of the decision in League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth [...]