The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Friday for a comprehensive and transparent inquiry into recent events where Ukrainian military officials allegedly tried to serve an investigative summons to Yevhen Shulhat, a journalist working for the Ukrainian investigative outlet Slidstvo.Info. According to reports from Slidstvo.Info, this incident was orchestrated by Ukraine’s Internal Security Service [...]
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China expands mosque closure campaign beyond Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch reveals
The Chinese government has increased mosque closures in the northern Ningxia region and Gansu province, according to a report released on Wednesday by Human Rights Watch. The government has previously faced international scrutiny for its treatment of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, a Chinese Muslim ethnic minority. The report describes the closure of mosques in [...]
New York high court finds police can search state DNA database for relatives of potential suspects
The New York Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the state legislature authorized the Commission on Forensic Sciences to create rules allowing police to search the state’s DNA database to identify family members of potential suspects. Practically, this means New York police officers can resume using the state’s DNA databank for these types of [...]
Goldman Sachs $215M deal to compensate sex discrimination a potential catalyst for gender-equality
Leading Wall Street investment banking firm, Goldman Sachs (Goldman), one month before trial agreed to a settlement of a $215 million lawsuit on Friday following a lengthy gender-biased class action lawsuit, first filed in September 2010. The action was bought by female associates and vice-presidents of the firm, under Title VII of the Civil Rights [...]
New York judge declines to sanction Trump legal team in civil lawsuit
A New York state judge Wednesday admonished former President Donald Trump and his legal team for “excess verbiage” in legal filings, which prompted New York Attorney General Letitia James to request sanctions on Tuesday. However, Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the civil lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court, declined to sanction Trump’s legal [...]
New York AG requests court sanction Trump, his children, Trump Organization
New York Attorney General Letitia James Tuesday requested the New York Supreme Court sanction former President Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and his children following improper filings in a civil lawsuit against Trump. James filed the lawsuit in late September 2022, alleging financial fraud by the Trump organization and its management. In the request, James [...]
New York attorney general sues crypto trading CEO on fraud charges
New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday sued ex-CEO and cofounder of crypto trading platform Celsius Alex Mashinsky for defrauding customers. James claims that Mashinsky gambled “hundreds of thousands of investors” out of “billions of dollars of investment” by making risky investments in decentralised finance and hiding the reality of his company’s dwindling assets and [...]
NY appellate judge denies Trump request to stop installation of watchdog at Trump Organization
A New York appeals court Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to stay a November 3 order requiring a financial watchdog be installed at the Trump Organization. The decision is just the latest in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud lawsuit against Trump and the organization. James requested that the court install [...]
New York AG files lawsuit against Trump and his organization, alleging financial fraud
New York Attorney General Letitia James Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit against former president Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and senior management, including Trump’s children. As a result of a three-year investigation, James claims to have uncovered years of evidence wherein the Trumps allegedly engaged in financial fraud to obtain more favorable loan rates and [...]
The flagship university of Modern Jewish Orthodoxy turned to the US Supreme Court on Monday in hopes of blocking a lower-court order that would require it to formally recognize an LGBTQ+ student organization. The case originated in 2021, after multiple unsuccessful attempts by the student club, the Pride Alliance, to seek recognition from Yeshiva University’s administration. [...]