The UN said on Thursday that civilians bear the biggest brunt of terrorism and violence in Iraq, reporting that civilians “accounted for more than two-thirds of those killed or injured in the month of August.” Out of 691 individuals killed in Iraq, 473 were civilians. Baghdad had reports that 231 civilians were killed and 676 [...]
A report by Amnesty International (AI) Thursday condemned Gabon security forces for using excessive force against protesters after the country’s disputed election. Alioune Tine, AI’s West and Central Africa director, stated that these actions must stop after reports that several anti-government demonstrators had been shot and injured on Wednesday. Tine stated that “such a brutal [...]
A reporter sued Missouri’s prisons chief in federal court on Wednesday for excluding him from being an execution witness. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the lawsuit on behalf of Christopher McDaniel , a reporter whose stories have been critical of Missouri’s death penalty procedures. The suit asks a judge to block anyone other [...]
A three-judge panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled Wednesday that when asked for public records under New Jersey’s Sunshine Law, agencies may “neither confirm nor deny” their existence. The case centered around a state law, similar to the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), called the Open Public Record Act (OPRA). In 2013, [...]
The rights coalition North Carolinians for Privacy on Wednesday dropped their case against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) challenging the federal government’s restroom access policy. The case, North Carolinians for Privacy v. United States Department of Justice had been filed against the DOJ after the department threatened to cut off federal funding to the [...]
UN rights experts on Thursday called for the creation of inclusive education programming to include those living with disabilities as a central and crucial step in order to create peaceful and inclusive societies. The call comes in the new and improved Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities , which seeks to ensure that [...]
The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the final challenge to a voter initiated act to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. The challenge came from a group called the Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy and was dismissed in a lower court after the judge found that the group did not have a right to [...]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) sued Volkswagen AG (VW) and its local subsidiary on Thursday for misleading customers. The suit alleges that VW engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct, made false or misleading representations and engaged in conduct liable to mislead the public in relation to diesel vehicle emission claims. Specifically, the ACCC [...]
Human Rights organizations on Thursday claimed mounting evidence shows Russia is behind the increasing number of cluster bombings in Syria. The accusations were levied as part of the annual Cluster Munition Monitor report which found that Syrian government forces used 13 types of cluster munitions in more than 300 attacks. The cluster munition report maintains [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit voided a $655 million judgment against Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority Wednesday, citing a lack of jurisdiction. The case concerned 11 US families who claimed that the defendants used terrorists to kill their family members in Israel. While the lower court concluded, following a [...]
