Ramsey County Attorney John Choi announced Wednesday that charges are being filed against the officer who shot Philando Castile during a Minneapolis traffic stop in July, which was broadcasted on Facebook. After months of protests, Officer Jeronimo Yanez was charged with second-degree murder and felony discharge of a dangerous weapon. The attorney’s office believe that [...]
The Israeli parliament on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to the Formalization Bill, which would legalize settlement outposts in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had planned for the bill to be delayed in efforts to avoid US support for a UN resolution against the settlement outposts. However, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation unanimously approved [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of a case involving the 2014 botched execution of Clayton Lockett, a death row inmate in Oklahoma. Lockett’s brother filed suit against the state of Oklahoma , through named state officials, in October 2014. The case was dismissed due to qualified-immunity [...]
The Governor of Jakarta, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, an open Christian, has been named by police as a suspect in a blasphemy investigation . The announcement follows increasing protests calling for the governor’s arrest as he has been accused of disrespecting the Koran on his campaign trail . If convicted, Purnama could receive up to [...]
Egyptian legislators on Monday approved a bill regulating the work of non-government organizations (NGOs), a move that many human rights organizations believe will severely curtail their ability to work within the region. The 89-article bill requires that NGOs achieve compliance under the law within six months or face strict penalties. Some of the modifications include [...]
US authorities are using excessive force against protesters in North Dakota who are trying to halt a proposed oil pipeline project, according to a UN human rights expert on Tuesday. According to Maina Kiai, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, about 400 people have been detained in [...]
Russia’s Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Alexei Navalny on Wednesday. Navalny runs the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which investigates the Russian government. In a verdict condemned by the EU and US, Navalny was convicted of embezzlement of timber from the Kirovles State Timber Company in 2013 and sentenced to five years in prison. In February, the [...]
In an 11-2 vote on Tuesday the District of Columbia Council approved a “Death with Dignity” bill that would allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with a physician’s help. Under the bill, a patient that is terminally ill, a resident of DC, at least 18 years old and still capable of rendering [...]
The number of homicides in Florida has increased “significantly” since the passing of the so-called Stand Your Ground law , according to a report from the Journal of the American Medical Association released Monday. In the report , researchers found that implementation of the law, officially known to as Florida Statute 776.013, is associated with [...]
Egyptian political activist Sanaa Seif was released from prison on Tuesday. Seif was released after serving six months for “insulating a member of the prosecution.” Seif and dozens of other protesters were arrested shortly before a protest in April against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for handing over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Seif [...]
