Tag: Human rights and civil liberties
UN rights chief: Israeli strikes in Gaza may be war crimes
GENEVA — The U.N. rights chief said on Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the latest, 11-day war with the...
Twitter urges Indian gov’t to respect freedom of expression
NEW DELHI — Twitter on Thursday said it is worried about the safety of its staff in India and called for the government to...
European privacy groups challenge facial scan firm Clearview
LONDON — Privacy campaign groups filed legal complaints Thursday with European regulators against Clearview AI, alleging the facial recognition technology it provides to law...
EU calls on Iran to review sentencing of female activist
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The European Union on Thursday called on Iran to review a case of a prominent female human rights activist...
Capitol rally planned over death of man in police custody
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana State Police troopers involved in the violent arrest of a Black motorist who died in police custody in 2019 should...
Cops who kill often catch a break at sentencing time
CHICAGO — Throughout the murder trial, prosecutors showed jurors the video seen countless times around the world of the white police officer killing a...
Bank CEOs return to testify in front of divided Congress
WASHINGTON — The chief executives of the nation’s largest banks are back in front of Congress, where they are likely to face another round...
Irish parliament denounces Israeli policies in West Bank
LONDON — Ireland’s parliament has passed a motion describing Israeli settlements and other policies in the occupied West Bank as “de facto annexation’’ -...
Photojournalist, gay rights pioneer Kay Lahusen dies at 91
Kay Lahusen, a pioneering gay rights activist who chronicled the movement’s earliest days through her photography and writing, has died. She was 91.
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EXPLAINER: What’s the Senate filibuster and why change it?
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are poised to use a filibuster to derail Democrats’ effort to launch a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack...