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The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against Houston County, Georgia, to challenge the county's at-large method of electing its board of commissioners, alleging the ...
The Justice Department has found that egregious conditions at Georgia’s Fulton County Jail — including pest infestation, malnourishment, a lack of adequate medical care and rampant violence ...
There is an independent human rights Public Defender of Georgia elected by the parliament to ensure such rights are enforced. [1] However, it has been alleged by Amnesty International , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Human Rights Watch , [ 4 ] the United States Department of State [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and the Georgian opposition [ 7 ] that these rights are often breached.
Fulton County, Georgia, and its sheriff's office violated the constitutional rights of people housed at the county jail, according to a new report released by the Justice Department on Thursday.
Under the bill, non-commercial legal entities (the most common form of NGO in Georgia), broadcasters, legal entities that alone or jointly own a print media outlet operating in Georgia, and legal entities that own or use, jointly or with others, an internet domain and/or internet hosting intended for the dissemination of information through the internet in the Georgian language, must register ...
On Tuesday, three defendants pled guilty to charges in Operation Blooming Onion, one of the largest U.S. human trafficking cases ever prosecuted by the USDOJ.
The Treasury referred to the Special Task Department's use of mass beatings, verbal abuse, and threats of sexual violence to suppress dissent, including targeting journalists and abusing detained protesters. The sanctions were coordinated with the UK, which also sanctioned five individuals for human rights violations in Georgia. [118]
Three civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, arguing that the Oct. 7 voter registration deadline should be extended in ...