The NAACP on Monday announced a lawsuit against the state of Georgia, claiming that state’s 2015 voter redistricting was discriminatory. The group claims that lawmakers redrew voting district lines for political gain at the expense of minority voters. The complaint asks that a three-judge panel review the redistricting and order the lawmakers to re-draw the [...]

The Canadian Province of Ontario announced Monday that it will begin a trial program for universal basic income this summer. The Ontario government said that it will test the policy on roughly 4,000 participants. Participants for the three-year program will be selected from a randomly selected mailing invite for individuals between the ages of 18 [...]

Indian President Shri Pranab Mukherjee on Monday approved the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Bill . The law is intended to prevent discrimination against individuals with HIV and AIDS, and makes it a fine-able offense to disclose the HIV-positive status of an individual against his or her will. These [...]

The State of Hawaii filed its answer as plaintiff with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday in a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump , concerning Executive Order 13780 , also known as the “revised travel ban.” The state maintains that a preliminary injunction issued by the district [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by General Motors (GM) on its potential liability for ignition-switch defects. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had ruled against General Motors’ argument that it was not liable for the defects because they were made before it formed a new company following [...]

Eric Olsen , CEO of cement manufacturer LafargeHolcim , announced on Monday that he will resign following the discovery that LafargeHolcim had paid armed groups in Syria to prevent a factory from closing. French prosecutors are investigating the payments, and two human rights groups filed a complaint in a French court against the corporation, alleging [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in McWilliams v. Dunn and Davila v. Davis , two cases related to capital punishment. In McWilliams , the court heard arguments on whether a defendant in Alabama whose mental health was an issue in his case should have been entitled to psychiatric assistance independent of [...]

Filipino lawyer Jude Sabio filed a complaint Monday against Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte accusing him of extrajudicial killings during his nationwide anti-drugs crackdown. The 77-page complaint was filed before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and asks the court to prosecute Duterte over his involvement in the Davao Death Squad . In an accompanying statement, Sabio [...]

The Jordanian Cabinet on Sunday revoked Article 308 , a provision of Jordan’s penal code which opponents said would allow rapists to avoid a jail term in return for marrying their victim for at least three years. Although the statute was amended in 2016 to only apply to women and girls between the ages of [...]

The Supreme Court of Iran upheld the conviction and five-year prison sentence of a British-Iranian woman on Monday, but did not disclose the crime she is accused of committing. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at an airport last summer after visiting her Iranian parents and introducing them to their granddaughter, according to statements from her husband. [...]