Cambodia court sentences activist to prison for plotting to overthrow Prime Minister
A court in Cambodia sentenced activist Pen Mom on Thursday to five years in prison for a plot to overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. A total of 17 activists...
Federal judge blocks Trump administration plan to shorten timeline for census count
US District Judge Lucy Koh Saturday granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s new plans to wind down all US Census counting efforts by September 31, instead of the...
Mississippi Attorney General drops murder charges against Curtis Flowers after 6 jury trials
The Mississippi Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss four murder charges against Curtis Flowers on Friday because it did not have sufficient evidence of Flowers’ guilt. Montgomery Circuit...
California allows more exemptions from labor law limiting independent contractors
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday exempting two dozen professions from last year’s historic rewrite of California employment law that limited use of independent contractors.
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The woman who brought her trafficker to justice
Thousands of young women leave home in Nigeria every year on the promise of a good job in Europe, only to be trapped by debt and forced...
Contempt proceedings against Pompeo
The Chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs announced Friday that the Committee would begin contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, amid...
Trump administration sued over social media executive order
Five nonprofit organizations, including Rock the Vote, Voto Latino, Common Cause, Free Press, and Maplight, have jointly filed suit in the US District Court of the Northern District of...
Israel Supreme Court rules Jewish settlement in occupied West Bank must be removed
The Supreme Court of Israel ruled on Thursday that a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank had been built on land that had been privately owned...
ACLU files lawsuit against Trump administration and federal agents for use of force in...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against federal officers for excessive force and unlawful arrests in Portland, Oregon. The suit was filed Wednesday...
Ten arrested under Hong Kong security law while trying to flee to Taiwan
More than 10 Hong Kong residents, including an activist charged under the city’s punitive national security law, have been detained by China’s coastguard while trying to flee...
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