In West v. Palmer, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131109 (ND IA, Aug. 17, 2017), an Iowa federal district court dismissed a suit by a high security inmate at the Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders who complained that the facility does not offer Pentecostal religious services and he is not allowed...
Month: September 2017
Belarus Court Refuses To Bar Construction On Former Jewish Cemetery Sites
JTA reports that last week a court in Belarus refused to grant an injunction against two construction projects on the sites of former Jewish cemeteries. The Tsentralny District Court held that it lacks jurisdiction to prevent construction of apartment buildings on two former Jewish cemeteries in...
Trump Implements Continued Ban On Transgender Enlistment In Military
Yesterday President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum (full text) implementing his previously announced intent to bar enlistment of openly transgender individuals in the U.S. military and to authorize the discharge of those already serving. This action prevents the change in policy initiated...
IS convoy stranded in Syria desert after US bombing
The US-led coalition vows not to allow IS fighters and their families to reach Iraq, and bombs their path. Source: http://bppro.link/?c=SH7
What an hour of rain does to Indian streets
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt in Bihar explains why streets there are inundated by a
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