A US federal court on Tuesday closed a school desegregation lawsuit originally filed in 1965, effectively ending a decades-long mandate for federal oversight of school desegregation in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
The case, Smith v. Concordia Parish School Board, was brought 11 years after the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education took effect.
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Bipartisan housing measure poised to become law as Trump withholds signature in protest
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President Donald Trump said Friday he will refuse to sign a bipartisan housing bill that cleared Congress by veto-proof margins, escalating a standoff over an unrelated voting measure and testing the limits of a president’s power to block legislation lawmakers have already approved.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he would withhold his…
Ukraine civilians remain trapped in Russia occupied Kherson region, rights group warns
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Civilians in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Kherson region are experiencing a humanitarian crisis and cannot safely evacuate, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Thursday.
HRW stated: “Russian and Ukrainian forces should immediately cease using antipersonnel mines … and take all feasible measures to protect civilians from mines … including by issuing effective warnings, sharing information about contaminated…
UK and Dutch governments apologize for forced adoptions
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The British and Duch governments made a public apology on Thursday to the people affected by the forced removal and forced adoptions of children in the second half of the last century.
In England, between 1949 and 1976, the state and the Christian church created a system that targeted young unmarried women who had children…
UN rights expert warns racism and intolerance persist in sports
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A UN expert warned Thursday that racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and other intolerance are entrenched across sports.
Dr. Ashwani K.P., the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, gave her report to the Human Rights Council, saying, “sport has the extraordinary ability to bring people together,” “yet, sport is not isolated from…
Rights groups urge EU action on Vietnam’s repression of dissidents in Thailand
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A coalition of human rights organizations urged the EU and its member states Wednesday to demand transparency and human rights safeguards in ongoing negotiations for a bilateral extradition treaty between Vietnam and Thailand, warning that the agreement could provide a legal framework for the politically motivated arrest and forced return of Vietnamese dissidents and refugees.…
Federal judge halts Philadelphia ban on ICE agents wearing masks or concealing badges
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A US federal judge on Thursday prevented Philadelphia’s “ICE OUT” mandate from taking effect, holding that the law requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to remove masks and display badges sidesteps a “clear constitutional mandate.”
Following a lawsuit by the Department of Justice (DOJ) disputing the legality of the order, Trump-appointed Judge Chad Kenney’s…
Rights group warns of waning rights for victims after Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger exit ICC
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Amnesty International on Thursday warned that Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s recent decision to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will paint a bleak future by denying thousands of conflict survivors their right to truth, justice, and reparations.
In commenting on the gravity that this decision…
Amnesty International finds RSF committed war crimes during siege and capture of Sudan city
Amnesty International on Wednesday released a new report concluding that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their siege and capture of El Fasher in North Darfur state in Sudan.
The report titled, City Under Siege, Children Under Fire: Rapid Support Forces’ Crimes Against Humanity in North Darfur,…
India dispatch: high court grants bail in honor killing case, calls casteism a national curse
Samridh Chaturvedi is a JURIST correspondent and a third-year law student at the School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University) where he covers legal, policy, and human rights developments in India.
On June 11, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court delivered a bail order that extends quite a bit further than its…