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The City of Maryland and three civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday in the US District Court for the District of Maryland against US President Donald Trump and his administration. The lawsuit seeks to block and overturn two executive orders ending federal diversity programs. The lawsuit argues that the orders violate constitutional protections and…
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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is investigating a data breach affecting system and employee security. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, is investigating a significant data breach that has raised concerns about the security of its systems and employees data. In the updated statement published by ICAO,…
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The ACLU filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the University of Michigan (UM) on Monday claiming that the university’s trespass ban on students’ peaceful pro-Palestine protests on campus violated their right to free speech. UM issued trespass warnings against several students involved in the lawsuit for…
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered its Civil Rights Division to halt all ongoing litigation from former President Joe Biden’s administration and not pursue new cases or settlements, according to multiple internal memos that were obtained by various media outlets on Wednesday. The memos, which were sent to the temporary head of the Civil…
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National Urban League president Marc H. Morial on Wednesday called President Trump’s executive order dismantling federal diversity and affirmative action practices “an assault on the Civil Rights Movement and everything we’ve achieved in the last 60 years.”Why it matters: Morial’s comments came during a meeting of more than a dozen leaders — across racial, ethnic,…
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HHS OCR announced another settlement that is their ninth ransomware investigation and their third settlement as part of their Risk Analysis Initiative. This one stems from a breach by VPN Solutions that was previously reported on this site: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a…
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Note: In 2019, when USR Holdings disclosed this breach to affected patients, they did not mention that ePHI had been deleted. So in 2025, we are first learning of this part of the breach? The following is HHS OCR’s press release today. Settlement resolves multiple Security Rule failures Today, the U.S. Department of Health and…
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Gabriella Oropesa, of Cooper City, Florida, was convicted yesterday for her role in a conspiracy to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate employees of pro-life pregnancy help centers in the free exercise of the right to provide and seek to provide reproductive health services. The defendant and her co-conspirators selected reproductive health facilities that provided and…
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Fifteen years ago, incoming Virginia Rep-elect Suhas Subramanyam landed his first big job in Washington, D.C., working the hallowed Capitol Building halls as a legislative aid on behalf of then-Florida Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, addressing agriculture and healthcare issues.
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported Thursday that the City of Trenton police in New Jersey systematically violated the constitutional rights of city residents. The DOJ found that Trenton police “engage in a pattern or practice of misconduct that deprives people of their rights under the Fourth Amendment,” including the use of excessive force…
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Amnesty International revealed on Thursday that the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are using United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) armoured carriers, incorporated with French military technology on the battlefield. The group highlighted the potential breach of the UN arms embargo on Darfur and calls on all countries to cease supplying weapons to the conflicting parties in…
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A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia, Mark Holdren pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal civil rights violation in the death of an inmate. The inmate, Quantez Burks had died less than 24 hours after being booked to jail.
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Moving marble across areas divided by Myanmar’s civil war has become an expensive, difficult and dangerous mission, leaving artisans without raw material – Copyright AFP Sai Aung MAIN
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The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), an NGO promoting the protection of human rights, recalled on Monday the need for further action to hold China accountable for grave human rights violations in Xinjiang.
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Following up on a settlement yesterday that was HHS’s first enforcement action under OCR’s Risk Analysis Initiative, HHS OCR today released a security risk assessment tool. Here is their statement about it:
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HHS OCR announced a second ransomware investigation settlement today. This one involved Bryan County Ambulance Authority (BCAA), a provider of emergency medical services in Oklahoma. The Bryan County Ambulance Authority breach occurred in November 2021, but was only first reported to HHS on May 18, 2022. It affected 14,273 patients. HHS’s press release (below) notes…
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A press release from HHS OCR today announces a settlement with Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota. In July 2017, DataBreaches reported that the entity was notifying 10,200 patients after a ransomware incident.
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Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF Ted Chaiban on Friday called for more international attention directed towards the “forgotten crisis” in Sudan amid the country’s civil war. In a joint statement along with UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations Raouf Mazou, Chaiban noted the huge amount of displacement and damage caused by the war being fought between…
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Ukrainian efforts to recruit new soldiers to serve in its military in the country’s war against Russia is under a two-pronged cyberattack by Kremlin-backed threat actors.