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Human Rights Watch has just released a report finding that too many US laws violate basic principles of justice. The report, released today, entitled “Nation Behind Bars: A Human Rights Solution,” finds that the US has the highest reported rate of incarceration in the world because punishments are far
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Human Rights Watch Releases New Report Calling USA “A Nation Behind Bars” and Says to Reform Criminal Sentencing
First Ever Charge for Female Genital Mutilation in UK After 28 Years of Law – Top Gynecologist Warns Do Not Prosecute
A London doctor charged with female genital mutilation (FGM)–the first ever charge for the 28-year-old crime in a country where 170,000 women live with the scars of the procedure–appeared at court this weekend. But a top London gynecologist is saying the man should not be charged in this landmark
Russian Law Allows Blocking Facebook, Google, YouTube, and Any Other Foreign Site (Feb. 1 Amendment)
Feb. 1, 2014, an amendment to Russia’s “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection” law took effect. The amendment allows the government to restrict access to websites with content that calls for riots, extremist activities, and participation in mass public events. The bill is part of a trend in Russian law
Georgia Passes Gay Rights Law for EU Benefits
In a vote of 115 to 1, the parliament of Georgia outlawed discrimination against homosexuals. The most debated point had been the inclusion of the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” Orthodox Christian groups had opposed what “believers view” as “non-traditional sexual relations” and “a mortal sin,” according to
Arizona Senate Bill 1062 “Discrimination Bill” – What Is It?
Arizona Senator Steve Yarbrough sponsored the bill that has now passed the Arizona state Senate as SB1062 in response to several trials in which people who had denied particular services requested for gay weddings had been sued under Arizona’s human rights laws, essentially forcing people in any business (other
Elane Photography Petitions Supreme Court to Hear Constitutional Case
After Elane Photography, LLC, was ruled against unanimously by the New Mexico Supreme Court in August, 2013, Elane petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the issue of whether a religious person who works as a photographer must be forced to photograph a gay marriage, in accordance with the
New Mexico Forces Christian Photographers to Serve Gay Weddings – Elane Photography v. Willock (2013)
In the 2013 trial, Elane Photography, LLC, v. Vanessa Willock, Willock sued Elane Photography for refusing to photograph Willock’s “commitment ceremony” i.e. wedding. The New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously found that Elane–despite religious convictions against gay marriage and despite her willingness to serve gays in services Elane already provided–violated the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Reconsiders U.S.-Wide Licence Plate Data Collection Program
Criticism by privacy advocates has caused the U.S. Homeland Security Department (DHS) to review its proposal for private companies to provide the government with a U.S.-wide database of licence plate tracking information. The concerns raised by privacy advocates include the gratuitous nature of the privacy intrusion, the lack of
Gay Marriage Guaranteed by Equal Rights Protections in Constitution – Baehr v. Lewin (1993) and Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (2003)
Two cases mark the recent change in the legal status of homosexual marriage: Baehr v. Lewin (1993) and Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (2003). In Baehr, the finding of a constitutional right based on the guarantees of equal protection was not enough to change laws prohibiting gay marriage, but
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the U.S.A.
James Madison wrote 19 proposed Amendments to the Constitution. Ten were ratified in 1791, becoming the Bill of Rights. The right to bear arms is the second Amendment: “A well guarded Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear
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