Saudi Arabia is planning to execute three local tribe members who opposed its futuristic NEOM megacity project, UN experts warn(Mia Jankowicz)

Three members of a Saudi Arabian tribe who oppose the futuristic “smart city” project NEOM have been sentenced to death, UN human rights specialists warned on Wednesday. The men are from the Howeitat tribe, which traditionally lives on lands earmarked for the hyper-futuristic megacity planned by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, according to UN Special Rapporteurs …

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Texas Senate Approves Bill To Allow Gov. Greg Abbott To Overturn Elections (Ron Dicker)

The GOP-controlled Texas Senate on Tuesday passed a proposal allowing the state to overturn elections in Harris County, home to the state’s most populous city Houston. The legislation penalizes county officials for running out of ballot paper at some voting sites in the 2022 election, the Houston Chronicle reported. Still, more importantly, it gives Republican Gov. Greg …

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Court hears appeal by prosecutor suspended by DeSantis (Kim Chandler)

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal appeals judges on Tuesday heard arguments over whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrongly suspended an elected state prosecutor last year after comments he made opposing abortion prosecutions. The three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in an appeal filed by Andrew Warren in seeking to regain …

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