Pakistani human rights activist Khurram Zaki was killed by unidentified gunmen in Karachi on Saturday, according to local police. Four individuals on motorcycles approached a restaurant Zaki was in and opened fire , killing Zaki and wounding two others. Zaki was an activist that campaigned against religious extremism and cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz of a [...]
An eight-member jury in Wichita, Kansas, found Friday that an anti-abortion activist did not intend to threaten a doctor in 2011 with a letter mentioning the possibility of someone placing a bomb under the doctor’s car. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed the suit against Angel Dillard for sending a letter to Dr. Mila [...]
Death row prisoners in India are facing inhumane treatment , according to a two-part report released Friday by the Death Penalty Research Project at the National Law University in Delhi . The Research Project interviewed 385 death row inmates in the country and found consistent narratives of unfair trials, inadequate communication with legal representation, taunting [...]
The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) filed a lawsuit against US House of Representatives Chaplain Patrick Conroy on Thursday after being barred from delivering an invocation. Dan Barker , Co-President of the FFRF, was prohibited from offering a secular invocation before the House. Conroy argues that Barker renounced his religion and was no longer a [...]
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended Friday after being charged with violating ethical rules. The Judicial Inquiry Commission accused Moore of failing to act impartially and refusing to follow the law when he ordered probate judges not to issue same-sex marriage licenses following the US Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges , which [...]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Friday that he does not plan to change the country’s anti-terrorism law, a requirement of a deal struck between Turkey and EU in March. Erdoğan made the announcement after Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who was the key figure in achieving this deal, announced he would step down from [...]
UN top official Stephen O’Brien on Thursday called for the immediate investigation of recent airstrikes in Syria which may amount to war crimes for intentionally targeting civilians. The airstrikes hit two displacement settlements located in Syria’s northern region of Idleb, taking 30 lives and injuring 80 others. O’Brien accused warring parties of not abiding by [...]
The Non-Alligned Movement (NAM), a loose organization of 120 developing countries, stated on Thursday that the US has violated international law by allowing frozen Iranian assets to be dispersed to victims of terrorism. NAM’s accusations specifically target last month’s US Supreme Court ruling , which declared that the use of such assets, guaranteed by the [...]
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday suspended lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha after being suspected of obstructing investigations into his allegedly corrupt activities. Cunha currently faces corruption charges for taking bribes from companies trying to secure oil contracts. He is well known for playing a heavy role in launching the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff. [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday advised North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory via letter that the state’s recently passed House Bill 2 , violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta stated that the bill specifically violates Title VII by denying certain employees the right to access bathrooms and [...]
