Tag: Human rights and civil liberties
EXPLAINER: What’s the status of voting legislation in Texas?
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is on course to become the nation’s largest state to tighten restrictions on voting, with GOP legislation just a few...
EXPLAINER: How Congress’ Jan. 6 commission would work
WASHINGTON — An independent commission to study the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection would be modeled after a similar panel that studied the 9/11 terrorist...
Panel says faith community must lead slavery reparations
<p>The faith community should guide the way on reparations for America’s history of slavery and racial discrimination and help the nation’s process of reconciliation...
EU threatens to freeze huge investment deal with China
<p>BRUSSELS — The European Parliament warned China on Thursday it won't ratify a long-awaited business investment deal as long as sanctions against European Union...
UN rights body to hold special session over Mideast violence
GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights body said Thursday it will hold a special session next week to address “the grave human rights...
Austria: Weapons seized in raids on opponents of virus curbs
<p>BERLIN — Austrian authorities said Thursday they seized weapons and ammunition in raids on radical opponents of coronavirus restrictions.</p>
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Austria: Weapons seized in raids on opponents of virus curbs
BERLIN — Austrian authorities said Thursday they seized weapons and ammunition in raids on radical opponents of coronavirus restrictions.
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US to ramp up tracking of domestic extremism on social media
<p>WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism....
Judge drops murder charges against 2 Mississippi cops
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — A state judge in Mississippi dismissed murder charges Thursday against two police officers accused of body-slamming and beating a Black man....
Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abuses
URUMQI, China — China has highlighted an unlikely series of videos this year in which Uyghur men and women deny U.S. charges that Beijing...