The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 50 other interest groups, sent a letter on Tuesday urging the US Department of Justice to investigate the increasing use of facial recognition technology. This letter is a part of the advocacy groups’ greater concern that certain police [...]

The Venezuela Supreme Tribunal of Justice ruled on Monday that a referendum to unseat President Nicolas Maduro will require his opponents to collect signatures from 20 percent of voters in each of Venezuela’s 24 states. The court interpreted Articles 15 and 29 of the Rules Regulating the Procedure for the Referendums , denying the opponents’ [...]

A Croatian prosecutor on Tuesday charged eight ex-Yugoslav military officers, including commander Borislav Djukic, with war crimes perpetrated during the Croatian War of Independence . Croatia split from the former Yugoslavia in 1991, and the nations fought until peace was found in 1995. During this time, the prosecutor alleges, the suspects ordered attacks on civilian [...]

An administrative court in Lille, France, on Tuesday rejected requests from almost a dozen aid groups and permitted the closure process of the “Jungle” migrant camp near Calais to continue. President François Hollande has promised closure of the camp as pressure for such a result grows while the April election approaches, and Interior Minister Bernard [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia on Monday filed a lawsuit against two officials in Georgia seeking an extension of the voting registration deadline . The lawsuit comes after Hurricane Matthew affected many coastal states days before registration deadlines, creating mandatory evacuations, power outages, and other situations that hindered citizens’ ability to register. [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a class-action lawsuit Monday regarding children’s education in relation to the Flint water crisis. The plaintiffs include 15 Flint families who allege that the Michigan Department of Education, Flint Community Schools and Genesee Intermediate School District failed to protect children’s guaranteed federal civil rights to education. The [...]

A lawsuit was filed against the Norwegian government on Tuesday over a decision to grant licenses for oil exploration in the Barents Sea. The plaintiffs, Nature and Youth and Greenpeace Nordic , argue that by allowing oil companies to drill in the Arctic, Norway is in violation of the Paris Agreement and article 112 of [...]

Several conservation groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accusing the agency of violating environmental law by neglecting the effects of unregulated immigration. The plaintiffs include public interest groups across the nation such as the Scientists and Environmentalists for Population Stabilization (SEPS) and the Floridians for a Sustainable [...]

A delegation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) traveled Sunday to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to initiate a five-day plan to discourage violent protests ignited by the nation’s postponed election. The DRC’s electoral commission announced earlier this month that the election would be moved from November to late 2018 to properly address [...]

Mohamedou Ould Slahi, author of the 2015 Guantanamo Diary memoir, was released from Guantanamo Bay on Monday after 14 years of imprisonment. He was transferred back to his native Mauritania, bringing Guantanamo Bay’s population down to 60 inmates. Slahi was never charged with an offense during his time in confinement. His handwritten memoir , accounting [...]