Rights

Decisão esvaziou disposição destinada a prevenir a discriminação racial na votação. Além disso, o petróleo ultrapassa US$ 126 o barril para atingir o nível mais alto desde 2022. Bom dia. A Suprema Corte dos EUA esvaziou uma seção importante da Lei dos Direitos ao Voto por meio de uma decisão histórica sobre o mapa distrital da Louisiana, em uma grande reviravolta na lei de direitos civis dos EUA que ameaça enfraquecer o poder de voto das minorias. Como os legisladores reagiram? Terri Sewell e Shomari Figures, que agora correm o risco de perder seus assentos nos distritos eleitorais negros do Alabama, condenaram a decisão, afirmando que ela faz a nação retroceder. Como a decisão ocorreu? É o ápice da campanha conjunta dos juízes John Roberts e Samuel Alito para reverter a legislação de direitos civis. Como os mapas das eleições de meio de mandato poderiam ser alterados pelo redistritamento? Embora a decisão da Suprema Corte deixe pouco tempo para redesenhar os mapas antes das midterms, veja como os mapas das eleições de meio de mandato poderiam ficar se ambos os partidos alcançarem todas as suas ambições atuais de redistritamento. Continue lendo...

Programa de eventos anunciado no aniversário do boicote aos ônibus de Bristol visa inspirar um manifesto social para a cidade • Bristol tem sido há muito tempo uma cidade de ativistas dispostos a trabalhar por mudanças, desde os seguidores de John Wesley no século XVIII até os cidadãos do século XXI que derrubaram a estátua do traficante de escravos Edward Colston. • Na quarta-feira, foi lançada uma nova campanha – no aniversário do início do pioneiro boicote aos ônibus de Bristol em 1963 – com o objetivo de tornar a cidade a capital dos direitos civis do Reino Unido. Continue lendo...

• Egypt has convened an emergency regional summit with Ethiopia, Sudan, and other Nile Basin nations to address water allocation disputes intensified by Sudan's ongoing civil war and dam infrastructure threats. • The summit, held in Cairo on Friday, focused on protecting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Blue Nile water flows during heightened regional conflict; negotiations remain deadlocked. • US officials are monitoring the summit closely, concerned that water scarcity could fuel refugee crises across the Horn of Africa and destabilize a critical US partner region.

• Filipino coast guard vessels and Chinese maritime militia engaged in a tense standoff Friday near Scarborough Shoal, with both nations claiming territorial waters; no shots were fired, but vessels came within 500 meters of each other, Filipino officials reported. • The incident involved disputed fishing rights and resource access; the Philippines detained three Chinese fishing boats accused of illegal harvesting in Manila-claimed waters, while China demanded their immediate release. • The US State Department reiterated commitment to the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines and called for peaceful resolution, warning that any military escalation in the strategic waterway threatens global trade and stability.

• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the state House to approve a revived AI Bill of Rights before a special session, following Senate passage of sweeping AI restrictions. • The legislation would remove from office local officials violating the rules and prohibit companion chatbots from interacting with minors without parental consent. • This move addresses rising concerns over AI safety, governance, and potential misuse in public and private sectors amid generative AI's rapid adoption.

Lawyers for oligarch claim freezing of £5.3bn of assets ‘unfair and abusive’ amid row over use of funds for Ukraine Roman Abramovich has gone to the European court of human rights (ECHR), claiming that a criminal investigation into his financial affairs by the Jersey authorities has breached his human rights, according to reports.The former owner of Chelsea FC, who is sanctioned in the UK over his links to Vladimir Putin, is under investigation in Jersey over allegations of corruption and money laundering. Continue reading...

Not using capital punishment ‘really a requirement’ for Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, says presidentIsrael’s observer status at the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly could be suspended over the country’s new law mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of some offences, the president of the body has said.Petra Bayr, an Austrian Social Democrat and president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace), said not using the death penalty was “really a requirement” of having observer status at the pan-European human rights body, which has no connection to the EU. Continue reading...