The Lok Sabha chamber of Indian parliament approved a bill Tuesday to provide for the prevention and control of HIV and AIDS as well as to protect the human rights of affected persons. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Bill was initially introduced in 2014 by the Ministry of [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday unanimously held that Russia violated European human rights laws when it raided a terrorist-held school in the Russian town of Beslan in 2004, leading to the death of more than 330 civilian hostages. More than 180 children were killed in the attack. Russia contended in the [...]
Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov filed a slander lawsuit Wednesday against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in Moscow’s Lyublinksy district court, according to court documents and the court press secretary. In a statement , court service secretary said, “Usmanov’s slander lawsuit against Navalny has been indeed filed with the Lyublinsky court. The court will decide on initiating [...]
The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit on Wednesday targeting the construction of the US-Mexico border wall proposed by US President Donald Trump . The group argues that the wall is in violation of environmental laws and urges federal agencies to conduct in-depth investigations into the environmental implications of the wall. The Center’s executive director, [...]
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Wednesday that would have condemned Syrian president Bashar al-Assad‘s use of neurologic gas against the Syrian town Khan Sheikhoun on April 4. The gas attack prompted a responsive bombing by the United States against a Syrian airbase, increasing the rift between the US and Russia. [...]
The Parliament of Egypt on Tuesday gave its unanimous approval to a three-month state of emergency put in place by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi . Announced by Egypt’s state-run news , the state of emergency was instituted in response to two deadly Christian church bombings in the Egyptian cities Tanta and Alexandria. The Islamic State [...]
Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was arrested Wednesday on treason charges for allegedly obstructing President Edgar Lungu’s motorcade. Police raided Hichilema’s house and questioned him after he blocked the president’s motorcade on Saturday. Hichilema has been defeated in two previous presidential elections and claims that the last election was rigged. The police have stated Hichilema [...]
Hundreds of detainees at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington began a hunger strike on Monday . According to NWDC Resistance , an advocacy group for undocumented immigrants, prior to the beginning of the hunger strike a demand letter was circulated through the facility that included demands for more expedited hearings, improved quality [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled on Monday that the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe has exercised sufficient governmental power to meet the requirements of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) , which would make their settlement lands subject to federal instead of state laws. Massachusetts argued that 500 acres of land on [...]
The UK Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday that terminally ill Noel Conway can proceed with challenge of the country’s law against assisted dying. Noel Conway, a retired college lecturer, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2014 and is not expected to live more than 12 months. In March, a panel of High Court [...]
