4 Sri Lankan nationals with alleged ISIS links arrested in India
India’s Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad arrested four Sri Lankan nationals at Ahmedabad airport on Monday. Authorities linked the suspects to the Islamic State (ISIS). The four were reportedly in contact with a key ISIS leader known as Abu. The Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not commented on the arrests. The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) [...]
India police arrest 74 Rohingya refugees in northern region for alleged illegal entry and residence
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh state police conducted an operation Monday resulting in the arrest of 74 Rohingya Muslims who had allegedly entered India illegally from Myanmar and Bangladesh and settled in various districts in the western parts of the state. The ATS operation covered six local districts. Mathura recorded the highest [...]
Texas court postpones execution of inmate over mental illness concerns
A Texas court Tuesday postponed inmate Andre Thomas’ execution date to allow his legal team to prove that he is not competent to be executed. After confessing to a triple murder in 2004, Thomas gouged his eyes out and claimed divine direction for his crimes. Thomas has been considered “seriously mentally ill” since the incident. Further, [...]
The Supreme Court of India Friday dismissed an appeal filed by Zakia Jafri alleging a “larger conspiracy” by then-Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi and 62 other senior state officials in connection with state riots in 2002. Jafri is the widow of Ehsan Jafri, a Congress party MP who was killed in the riots. The [...]
Dallas police arrest suspect in connection with potential hate crime shooting
The Dallas Police Department Tuesday held a press conference where Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia announced the arrest of Jeremy Theron Smith for a shooting at a Koreatown hair salon last Wednesday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also Tuesday launched a federal hate crime investigation into the shooting. Smith was arrested by Dallas police [...]
We have a very narrow window in which we can assist women who want to leave Afghanistan, a window of a few days, at best, and we must take this opportunity. It is nearly impossible right now for an unaccompanied woman to leave her home in Kabul, let alone make her way to the airport. [...]
Supreme Court hears arguments on corporate liability for human rights abuses overseas, enjoining IRS
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard cases involving when American corporations can be sued, and when they can sue. The first case, Nestle v. John Doe I, et al., considers whether an American corporation can be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) for human rights abuses that occur outside of the US. [...]
Federal appeals court rules for boy with gluten-sensitivity against Colonial Williamsburg
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Friday revived a case against Colonial Williamsburg brought by an 11-year-old boy with gluten sensitivity. The boy, identified only as JD, had traveled to Colonial Williamsburg as part of a class trip. While at Williamsburg, the class was to enjoy a historic dinner at Shields [...]
The US Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit against Nestle, Cargill Cocoa and other companies accusing them of aiding and abetting child slave labor in the Ivory Coast. The lawsuit was brought by former child slaves who worked on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast. Nestle and [...]
Supreme Court rules foreign corporations cannot be sued under Alien Tort Statute
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC that foreign corporations cannot be used in the US under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) . The plaintiffs in...
