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Mississippi lawmakers approve 'religious freedom' bill
Mississippi lawmakers on Tuesday passed the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act , pursuant to which the state would be prohibited from taking action that "burdens" a citizen's right to religious exercise if Governor Phil Bryant signs the (More) |
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Iran human rights lawyer summoned for questioning
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh , has been summoned by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry according to a post on her husband's Facebook page Tuesday. The summons are thought to be in response to a video posted online showing Sotoudeh gi (More) |
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ACLU challenges Indiana same-sex marriage ban
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] on Friday against the state of Indiana challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriages and its refusal to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other (More) |
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ACLU files lawsuit challenging Florida's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of eight same-sex couples against Florida challenging the state's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other states. The lawsuit , fi (More) |
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US State Department releases 2013 annual rights reports
The US Department of State (DOS) on Thursday released its annual country reports on human rights. In the preface to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry wrote that the DOS will "continue to press g (More) |
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Arizona governor vetoes bill allowing businesses to refuse service
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed controversial Bill 1062 , which would have permitted state business owners to refuse service to individuals for "religious reasons," and which has largely been denounced by critics as sanctioning dis (More) |
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Zambia court acquits gay rights activist
Gay rights and HIV activist Paul Kasonkomona was acquitted Tuesday by the Lusaka Magistrate's Court of charges of encouraging homosexuality. Kasonkomona, a well-known activist for LGBT rights in highly-conservative Zambia, where homosexuality is ill (More) |
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Arizona legislature passes bill allowing businesses to refuse service for religious reasons
Arizona state lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that will allow state business owners to refuse service to individuals for "religious reasons," a law that has been denounced by critics as sanctioning discrimination against LGBT in (More) |
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ACLU files lawsuit over Missouri ban on recognizing same-sex marriages
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit on Monday in the 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri on behalf of eight same-sex couples seeking recognition for their marriages, which were all perform (More) |
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Examining the Constitutionality of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones
JURIST Guest Columnist Stephanie Toti of The Center for Reproductive Rights discuss the challenge to Massachusetts buffer zone laws in McCullen v. Coakley... (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
