The primary challenger to incumbent Zambian President Edgar Lungu , Hakainde Hichilema , on Saturday accused the country’s electoral commission of colluding with the Patriotic Front (PF), the ruling party, to manipulate the results of the election. Hichilema, who represents the United Party for National Development (UPND), alleged that the Electoral Commission is delaying results [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Friday blocked the diversion of public funds from Planned Parenthood clinics across Ohio. Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio and Planned Parenthood of the Southwest Ohio Region filed motions for permanent injunction and a judgment on the merits to prevent the enforcement [...]
A Venezuelan appeals court in Caracas on Friday upheld the more than 13-year sentence of opposition leader Leopoldo López. The sentencing of the Corte de Apelaciones del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) can and will be appealed to the country’s highest court, and the legal team has resorted to appeal to international organizations. Amnesty International [...]
Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said on Saturday that comments made by a top UN human rights official were unacceptable. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein previously stated that he had no sympathy for the coup plotters, but that Turkey should uphold the rights of detainees and stem its “thirst [...]
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) , South Korea’s antitrust regulator, confirmed on Friday that the country is investigating whether Google violated the country’s antitrust laws. The KFTC’s statement comes as a surprise as a local news outlet reported that the KFTC had cleared Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, of all antitrust claims against the [...]
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reiterated previous calls to Australia Friday to end offshore detention on Nauru. The press release notes various reports of violence, sexual assault, degrading treatment, and self-harm, revealed through more than 1,000 incident reports. The OHCHR also discussed signs of severe mental [...]
Amnesty International said Thursday that a suspected chlorine gas attack in Aleppo could amount to a war crime . The BBC reported Thursday that the Syrian government is suspected of using a chlorine gas attack in Aleppo, killing several and injuring many more. It is believed that the chlorine was dropped in a barrel bomb [...]
The New Jersey Second Amendment Society filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New Jersey man, Mark Cheesman, against the state’s Attorney General in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday alleging the state’s stun gun ban is unconstitutional. The complaint relies upon the Supreme Court’s ruling in Caetano v. [...]
Four South Carolina students and a non-profit filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of South Carolina Thursday challenging the state’s “Disturbing Schools Law” . The plaintiffs are challenging the law, which makes it illegal to “disturb in any way or in any place the students or teachers” or “act in [...]
The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) denied requests Thursday to remove marijuana’s classification as a dangerous drug. The DEA denied two separate requests by former state governors to re-classify marijuana as a Schedule II drug or lower, saying “HHS concluded that marijuana has high potential for abuse, has no accepted medical use in the United [...]
