The US Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution expressing disapproval for a rule intended to prevent racial discrimination in auto loans. The original rule was issued in 2013 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and...
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Senate votes to overturn rule against racial discrimination in auto loans
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Ohio Supreme Court upholds state’s death penalty law
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UK House of Lords vote sets roadblock for Brexit
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Supreme Court hears arguments on tribal fishing rights
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San Jose, activist group file federal lawsuit over 2020 Census citizenship question
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UN rights expert urges Ghana to address growing inequality, poverty
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HRW: Burundi government engaging in violence against referendum opponents
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UN rights committee: Bolivia violated human rights by barring two mayoral candidates from elections
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ECJ rules Poland logging of Białowieża Forest violates EU law
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Class action suit accuses private prison contractor of forced labor practices
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The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled on Wednesday that the state's death penalty statute does not violate the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of "the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury" Maurice Mason, a...
The House of Lords passed Wednesday two amendments that hinder the UK's effort to leave the EU known as Brexit. The amendments address the EU (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 and require ministers to explore...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in two cases: the first concerns tribal fishing rights, and the second asks whether certain costs are compensable losses under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act. The first case, Washington v. US...
Another federal lawsuit has been filed against the US Census Bureau regarding a controversial citizenship question added to the 2020 Census. The City of San Jose and Black Alliance for Just Immigration, a California non-profit corporation,...
After a 10 day visit to Ghana, the UN Special Rapporteur for extreme poverty and human rights released a preliminary report Wednesday urging Ghana to address growing inequality and poverty. The full report will be forthcoming in June...
The Burundi government has "killed, beaten, and intimidated perceived opponents of a constitutional referendum ... that would enable the president to extend his term in office," Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. This referendum could allow President Pierre...
The UN Human Rights Committee issued two decisions Wednesday finding, in the cases of former MPs Rebeca Delgado Burgoa and Eduardo Maldonado Iporre , that Bolivia violated their human rights by denying access...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that Poland broke EU law by logging in the Białowieża Forest , one of Europe's last ancient forest, according to the UN Educational, Scientific,...
A class action lawsuit filed in a Georgia federal district court on Tuesday accuses CoreCivil , one of the country's largest private prison contractors, of "maintain a deprivation scheme intended to force detained immigrants to work for...
