The FBI released the 2016 Hate Crime Statistics on Monday revealing 7,321 recorded criminal offenses motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender and gender identity in comparison to 6,885 of such bias-motivated offenses in the previous year. According to the report, there were 6,063 single-bias incidents involving 7,509 victims of [...]
Twenty-three EU member states on Monday signed a joint notification for the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), a long sought after pact which will facilitate states working together more closely on defense security and defense policy matters. The idea of cooperation in defense security and defense policy was introduced in the Lisbon Treaty in 2007. The [...]
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday held that a lawsuit brought by blind voters in Ohio against Secretary of State Jon Husted can proceed. The suit arises out of a claim that Ohio’s use of a paper-ballot absentee voting system violates Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to [...]
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss two election petitions challenging the validity of his repeat election win. Kenyatta strongly rejected the claims made by two challengers, saying that the petitions were “manifestly wanting in fact, gravely misconceived on the law and irredeemably lacking in merit.” Kenyatta won reelection on [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases Monday, including two First Amendment cases and a question of whether probable cause defeats a retaliatory-arrest claim. National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra challenges California’s Reproductive FACT Act , which requires pregnancy resource centers to post notices that encourage women to contact the [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Guatemalan courts to end unjustifiable delays in high-profile criminal cases. For the past decade, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) , in partnership with the Attorney General’s office, have helped in the arrest and prosecution of powerful criminals and corrupt officials who were once deemed untouchable. [...]
Two women filed suit on Sunday against the US Department of Education and the Navient Corporation seeking immediate relief from their student loans due to harm caused by fraudulent claims from their for-profit college. In a pleading filed with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York , Tina Carr and Yvette [...]
The UK its outsourcing those who want assistance with dying to Switzerland, according to a study released on Monday by the non-profit organization Dignity in Dying, but the price limits those who can afford to take such measures. The study found that more than half of citizens would consider traveling to Switzerland for assistance dying, [...]
The British Employment Appeal Tribunal on Friday rejected Uber Technologies’ appeal verifying the ruling that found Uber drivers should be classified as minimum-wage workers, entitling UK employees to minimum-wage rights, instead of self-contractors. Judge Eady QC wrote: The issue at the heart of the appeal can be simply put: when the drivers are working, who [...]
Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. The Philippines Office of the Ombudsman (OTO) has anti-graft and corruption charges Tuesday against former Philippines president Benigno Aquino III in connection to the Mamasapano battle , which left 44 elite cops dead following a firefight with Islamic rebel [...]
