Residents of Fremont, Nebraska , voted on Tuesday to reaffirm Ordinance 5165 , which prohibits harboring, hiring or renting to undocumented immigrants. The law was initially approved in 2010 , but its implementation was delayed during a federal lawsuit over the law’s constitutionality. Last year a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for [...]
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected petitions filed by both the ruling and opposition parties accusing each other of attempting to overthrow the country’s government during recent elections. The court cited insufficient grounds for either claim brought by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s ruling Pheu Thai Party or the opposition Democrat Party . The Democrat Party [...]
Spain’s Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that will diminish the powers of Spanish courts to pursue cases of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed abroad. The bill includes a clause to halt current investigations, including the arrest warrants issued on Monday for several former Chinese leaders for their involvement in the alleged genocide [...]
Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced a moratorium on executions in the state. Under Washington law the governor has the power to commute death sentences. In his remarks Inslee criticized the death penalty, stating the “system that falls short of equal justice under the law and makes it difficult for the State to justify [...]
A Pakistani judge on Wednesday ordered the nation’s Interior Ministry to hand over anti-drone activist Kareem Khan for a court appearance slated for late-February. Khan reportedly brought legal action against the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Pakistani government after a 2009 drone attack killed his son and brother. Sources indicate unidentified government forces [...]
The Virginia state Senate on Tuesday voted to repeal a 2012 law requiring women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound. The measure passed after Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam cast his vote in favor of repeal, breaking a 20-20 tie. After casting his deciding vote Northam released the following statement: I’ve said time and time [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday urged the international community to take immediate and effective action to halt the spread of sectarian violence and “ethnic cleansing” within the western part of the Central African Republic (CAR). AI reports that anti-Muslim militias have engaged in large-scale, recurrent attacks on Muslim civilian communities in retaliation for the previous [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday struck down licensing regulations imposed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on tax preparers, holding that nothing within the text of the law or legislative history contemplates such a vast expansion of the IRS’s authority. Writing on behalf of a unanimous three-judge [...]
A Cambodian appeals court on Tuesday refused the release of 21 people arrested last month in connection with anti-government protests, a series of demonstrations comprised mostly of garment workers and rights activists. According to defense lawyer Sam Sokong, the court reasoned that the release of these detainees would negatively affect public order as well as [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay detainees on a hunger strike. Shaker Aamer and three other detainees are currently engaged in a hunger strike to protest their detainment at the naval base, which has [...]
