Trans Woman Sues to Compel NY Probe of Police Bias
A transgender woman who says police hogtied her and exposed her to other abuses after she was arrested during a domestic dispute filed suit Monday to bring in New York’s big guns.
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European Court: Russia’s Ban on LGBT Rallies Violates Rights
The European Court of Human Rights issued a fresh rebuke to the Kremlin on Tuesday, ruling that Russia’s continued ban on LGBT rallies is discriminatory and represents a violation of human rights.
Read moreNY Judge Grants Habeas Order for Bronx Zoo Elephant
Celebrating the advancement of its effort to make the Bronx Zoo free one of its Asian elephants, the Nonhuman Rights Project said Monday that Happy is the world’s first elephant to secure a habeas corpus order.
Read moreUighurs’ Supporters March as China Faces Rights Review at UN
Supporters of China’s Muslim Uighur minority are demonstrating in Geneva as the U.N.’s top human rights body examines the country’s rights record in a regular review.
Read moreEuropean Court Rejects Austrian’s Case Over Prophet Slur
The European Court of Human Rights says an Austrian woman’s conviction for calling the prophet of Islam a pedophile didn’t breach her freedom of speech.
Read moreJudge Blocks Trump From Killing Protections for 300,000 Immigrants
Citing racist comments from the president, a federal judge Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from canceling temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Sudanese who face dangers in their home countries.
Read moreEU Court Denies Brexit Challenge to Arrest Warrant
Britain’s looming exit from the European Union does not delegitimize an arrest warrant executed on that country’s behalf for a man accused of rape, murder and arson, the EU’s top court ruled Wednesday.
Read moreEU Parliament Opens Way for Sanctions Against Hungary
Last year it was Poland, now it’s Hungary’s turn to face sanctions from the European Union. The European Parliament voted Wednesday to initiate proceedings to sanction Hungary, a member state accused of passing laws that undermine the rule of law and violate democratic values and human rights.
Read moreRights Groups Warn Against US Flouting International Court
Afghan rights workers warned Tuesday that the U.S. national security adviser’s blistering attack on the International Criminal Court investigating war crimes allegations will strengthen a climate of impunity in Afghanistan, prolong the war and embolden those carrying out acts of violence.
Read moreBolton Says International Court Is ‘Dead to Us’
The United States is pledging to use “any means necessary” to protect American citizens and allies from International Criminal Court prosecution.
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US Base, Colonialism, Fate of Island People at Issue in UN Court
The fate of a strategic, and secretive, U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean, and the small population forced off the Chagos archipelago to make way for that military base, is in the hands of a United Nations court in The Hague.
Read moreUN Human Rights Commission Puts Spotlight on Nicaragua
Calling attention to a human rights crisis in Nicaragua, the United Nations says that the government’s response to widespread April protests has been to carry out extrajudicial killings, torture and other abuses.
Read moreNew Malaysian Government Repeals Law Banning ‘Fake News’
Malaysia’s new government on Thursday repealed a widely criticized law prohibiting “fake news,” in a move hailed as a landmark moment for human rights by a group of Southeast Asian lawmakers.
Read moreTurkish Court Rules to Free Rights Activist
A court in Istanbul has ordered the release of the former Turkey chairman of Amnesty International, the rights group reported Wednesday.
Read moreChina to UN Panel: No Arbitrary Detention in Uighur Region
China insisted Monday there is no “arbitrary detention” and there are no “re-education centers” in its western Xinjiang region, rejecting concerns raised by a U.N. human rights committee that more than 1 million ethnic Uighurs may be being held in camps.
Read moreExtraditions to Hungary Dicey Despite Prison Improvements
Parting with the advice of its magistrate, the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday prison conditions must be assessed before prisoners can be extradited – regardless of the prisoner’s newly minted opportunity to challenge inhuman conditions in court.
Read moreInternational Court Makes War of Aggression a Crime
The act of war on Tuesday became a crime that the International Criminal Court can prosecute, though the court’s reach is severely limited because many of the world’s mightiest nations, including the United States, do not recognize the new international law.
Read moreEU Arrest Warrants Implicate Rights Probe, Magistrate Says
Clarifying rules on the execution of European arrest warrants, a magistrate said Thursday that courts must make specific inquiries into whether the person being extradited is at risk of justice abuses.
Read moreUS Exit Leaves Mystery Empty Seat at UN Rights Group
The sudden U.S. departure from the U.N. Human Rights Council has left the international peacekeeping body in unknown territory about how to fill the vacant seat.
Read moreMerkel Says Refugees ‘Central Global Question’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that the number of refugees worldwide is “simply unthinkable” and that people fleeing is “a central global question of our time.”
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