Alabama’s House of Representatives approved two bills on Thursday, including one that would restrict public funding for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The other bill passed by the Republican-led house would restrict absentee ballot assistance by charging individuals for helping others with absentee voting. The first bill, SB-129, sponsored by Senator Will Barfoot (R), [...]

Reports of bias incidents in New Jersey increased by 22 percent from 2022 to 2023, according to preliminary data released by the state’s attorney general Thursday. The preliminary data shows there were 2,699 bias incidents reported to New Jersey law enforcement in 2023. Anti-black and anti-Jewish bias remained the most common motivations for racial and [...]

Indian investigation agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claimed Thursday to have uncovered an organized “human trafficking” network that lured Indian nationals with high-paying jobs to Russia. That same network is accused of later training and forcing victims to fight in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. The CBI, in a press release, stated that it uncovered [...]

The government of Haiti extended the state of emergency around Port-Au-Prince Thursday following the increasing escalation of gang violence and the displacement of thousands. The state of emergency bans all forms of public protest, day and night, introduces a new curfew and grants security forces the ability to use “all legal means” to enforce the [...]

The UK government lodged an appeal against a decision which found that the Northern Ireland (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act breaches several articles of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), according to a UK government spokesperson that spoke to IrishCentral on Thursday. The controversial act sought to end prosecution for crimes committed during the 30-year period [...]

Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld Hong Kong activist Tam Tak-chi’s sedition convictions on Thursday and refused to grant him leave to appeal his convictions. The District Court of Hong Kong previously sentenced Tam on April 20, 2022 to 40 months in prison over sedition charges. He was found guilty of uttering seditious words, holding [...]

The Peruvian Congress approved Thursday the disqualification of two members of the National Board of Justice (JNJ), Luz Inés Tello de Ñecco and Aldo Alejandro Vásquez Ríos, from public service for 10 years. During the Thursday plenary session, the Peruvian Congress debated and voted for a final report recommending the ouster of several members of [...]

In a groundbreaking ruling delivered on Thursday, the Supreme Court of India declared that the lawful exercise of dissent is protected under the Indian Constitution. The verdict addressed a case involving Javed Ahmad Hajam, a resident of Baramulla in Kashmir, who faced charges under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The charges stemmed [...]

A group of protesters broke down a door of Mexico’s National Palace on Wednesday while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was giving his usual press conference. The protesters voiced opposition to the government’s lack of response to the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 in the “Ayotzinapa Case.” In September 2014, students from the Raúl [...]

The StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) and two Jewish students filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), alleging that the university has violated the students’ rights under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by fostering an environment of antisemitism. The lawsuit, filed in the Massachusetts District Court, [...]