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UN: US lacks commitment to 'reparations for people of African descent'
A group of UN experts on people of African descent stated Friday that "ideology ensuring the domination of one group over another continues to negatively impact the civil, political, economic, social, cultural and environmental rights of African Am (More) |
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Indiana senate panel approves bill to repeal religious freedom law
An Indiana legislative committee approved a bill Wednesday that would repeal the controversial religious freedom law passed last year that allowed businesses to deny service based on sexual orientation. The Senate Rules committee voted 7-5 to appr (More) |
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HRW releases report on human rights issues worldwide
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday released its annual report discussing human rights issues in more than 90 countries throughout 2015. World Report 2016, the rights group's twenty-sixth edition of the report, which spans 659 pages, includes sho (More) |
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HRW: India must strengthen transgender rights bill
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a letter Tuesday to the Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment , urging it to strengthen provisions of the 2015 Rights of Transgender Persons Bill . In the letter, dated last week, HRW South Asia Director (More) |
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China court accepts first same-sex marriage application case
A court in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, on Wednesday agreed to hear China's first legal challenge over a refusal to issue same-sex marriage applications. A 26-year-old man filed a case [Telegraph report] against a civil affairs bureau fo (More) |
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The Most Discriminatory Laws You Have Never Heard Of
JURIST Guest Columnist Ryan Matthews of St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016, is the eighth author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Matthews discusses discriminatory No Pr (More) |
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UN: more must be done to protect rights of LGBTI refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday announced that, in response to the unique prejudice and violence lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) refugees face, it has implemented a new effort to train (More) |
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Federal judge rules Title IX applies to sexual orientation discrimination
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California ruled Tuesday that sexual orientation discrimination is prohibited under a law that protects gender-based discrimination. The order pertains to the motion to dismiss brought (More) |
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Jamaica rights activist challenges homosexuality ban
Maurice Tomlinson, a Jamaican human rights activist, on Thursday challenged the constitutionality of Jamaica's Offences Against the Person Act of 1864 , which criminalizes consensual sexual conduct between men, in the Supreme Court of Jamaica . The (More) |
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North Carolina law allowing officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages challenged
A group of same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging a North Carolina law that permits magistrates to refuse to perform same-sex marriages on religious grounds. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of six plaintiffs who seek to over (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
