NEW YORK, Nov. 16 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Australia: Press Laos on Rights Abuses * (Sydney) - Australian officials should press the Lao government to take concrete steps to improve its human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. The 9th Australia-Laos Human Rights Dialogue is scheduled for Vientiane on November 18, 2025. In an October submission to Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Human Rights Watch urged   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Leader Jeffries and Leader Schumer File Joint Amicus Brief Supporting Legal Defense of Attorney General Tish James and Slam Trump & DOJ for "Blatantly Biased Prosecution" * Washington, D.C. - Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led an amicus brief (link is external) in support of the defense of New York  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON CNN: "HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO EXTEND THE ACA TAX CREDITS FOR THREE YEARS" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNN News Central, where he made clear that Democrats will continue working to protect the healthcare of the American people and push back against the corruption and extremism being unleashed by t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MS NOW: "IT'S A PATRIOTIC THING TO SAVE THE HEALTHCARE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW's The Weekend, where he made clear that Democrats will continue fighting to end the Republican healthcare crisis and lower costs for everyday Americans. EUGENE DANIELS: Joining us now is House Minority Le  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Myanmar: Elections a Fraudulent Claim for Credibility * (Bangkok) - Foreign governments should reject the Myanmar junta's plans to hold elections from late December 2025 through January 2026 because they will not be free, fair, or inclusive, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the February 2021 military coup, the junta has systematically dismantled the rule of law and the country's nascent dem  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on Australia-Lao PDR Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue * We write on the occasion of the forthcoming 9th Australia-Laos Human Rights Dialogue scheduled to take place in November 2025 in Vientiane. The single-party, authoritarian government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) systematical  more