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Advocacy groups sue to block Trump order to eliminate regulations
A coalition of advocacy groups filed suit in federal court Monday to challenge a Trump administration executive order aimed at reducing federal regulations. Public Citizen, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the union Communications Workers (More) |
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UN rights experts condemn repression in Burundi
Responding to mounting actions by President Pierre Nkurunziza , UN human rights experts condemned on Monday governmental hostility towards non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights defenders. The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Hu (More) |
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50 ACLU affiliates seek information on immigration order's enforcement
Fifty American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) affiliates filed 18 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on Thursday with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to find out how administration officials are interpreting and executing the US imm (More) |
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Egypt extends detention of Al Jazeera journalist
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday extended the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein by four days. Hussein was arrested on December 20. His detention was originally supposed to expire on January 4 and January 19, but his arrest was exte (More) |
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UN SG criticizes new US immigration policies
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday that the new US order on Syrian refugees "should be removed sooner rather than later." Drawing a comparison to the US history on the "forefront of refugee protection," Guterres said that the pol (More) |
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White House: immigration order does not restrict green card holders
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday clarified in a press briefing that Donald Trump's executive order limiting immigration does not apply to individuals admitted for permanent residence. Trump issued the controversial executive o (More) |
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UN rights experts: US immigration order violates international human rights obligations
A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday said the executive order on immigration signed by US President Donald Trump breaches international human rights obligations . The order , signed last Friday, bars all nationals from the Muslim-majority (More) |
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UN urges Trump not to reinstate torture policies
Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, on Monday urged US President Donald Trump not to reinstate torture policies. Melzer referenced the 2014 US Senate Intelligence Committee Report , which stated that the Central Intelligence Agency' (More) |
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Trump signs executive order to cut federal regulations
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at reducing the number of federal regulations. The executive order requires two regulations to be eliminated for every new one created and caps the costs of new regulations, which (More) |
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Federal judge blocks Trump executive order on immigration restrictions the day after signing
The US District Court for the Eastern District of NY in an emergency ruling Saturday stayed the execution, until further notice, of an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump , which would restrict access to the US for visa holders and r (More) |
Accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, put on trial in Israel
On February 16, 1987, accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, went on trial in Jerusalem, Israel. The prosecution claimed that Demjanjuk was a notorious prison guard known as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp during World War II. On this basis, Demjanjuk was convicted by the Israeli court of crimes against humanity. However, in August 1993, the conviction overturned by Israel's Supreme Court on a finding of reasonable doubt.
After the decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, Demjanjuk was returned to the United States, where he had been moved after World War II. On December 22, 2006, the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals ordered him deported to the Ukraine on a finding that he had been a guard at other Nazi concentration camps.
