Indian police are accused of raping at least 16 women in Chhattisgarh in Bijapur district in October 2015, stated National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Saturday. NHRC said that the “human rights of the victims have been grossly violated by the security personnel of the Government of Chhattisgarh for which the State Government is vicariously liable.” [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that denied immunity to a New Mexico police officer who gave no warning before using deadly force. In October 2011 Officer Ray White joined fellow officers at the residence of Samuel and Daniel Pauly, two brothers [...]
A group of 10,000 British motorists have filed a class action lawsuit seeking compensation following Volkswagen’s (VW) diesel emissions scandal. Damon Parker, the head litigator at Harcus Sinclair , the law firm handling the suit, claims that the affected vehicles release far more NOx emissions than VW has admitted to. Parker’s argument is centered on [...]
Thailand’s National Reform Steering Committee, which is appointed by the military, proposed a new law on Monday stating that Thai officials convicted of corruption involving more than 1 billion baht (USD $28 million) would be eligible for the death penalty. Officials convicted of corruption charges of less than 1 billion baht could face up to [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal from Dow Chemical Company , rejecting the Michigan-based corporation’s request to consider its $1 billion tax deduction claim. The case stems from Dow’s partnership with two entities: Chemtech I, a tax shelter product operating out of Switzerland created with Goldman Sachs and operating from [...]
A UN human rights expert expressed concern Monday for nine human rights activists imprisoned in Iran. Among those activists, eight are believed to be on life threatening hunger strikes, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Asma Jahangir . A ninth activist, Arash Saghedi, ended his hunger strike after [...]
The Burundi government arrested six people on Saturday in connection with the murder of the country’s water, environment and planning minister, Emmanuel Niyonkuru, who was shot in the head shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve. While the motive for the killing remains undetermined, police are currently calling the killing an “assassination.” Many senior figures [...]
The Republican-controlled Kentucky legislature passed a series of controversial bills on Saturday, including right-to-work legislation and abortion restrictions, amid massive public protests. Among other things, House Bill 1 prohibits government employees from striking and employers from forcing workers to pay dues to labor unions that may represent them in collective bargaining. Additionally, House Bill 3 [...]
Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland on Thursday stated that the interruption of water that has left millions of Syrians without clean access to water constitutes a war crime. The secretary, who acts as chair for the UN/ISSG Task Force on Humanitarian Access in Syria, made the statement during a press conference [...]
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents on Friday appealed a ruling that gives in-state tuition to undocumented individuals who received protections under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) . The board of regents also filed a motion to stay the judge’s ruling until the appeal is decided. DACA gives undocumented individuals, sometimes [...]
