US President Joe Biden announced on Monday by way of an official proclamation the establishment of a national monument at the site of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania to commemorate the resilience of Indigenous tribes whose children were forced to attend the institution. The White House also issued a fact sheet announcing the [...]
South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) on Monday confirmed it had requested and secured a travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol, following his controversial martial law declaration last week. CIO Chief Oh Dong-Woon announced during a parliamentary hearing that he instructed investigators to file the request, which the Justice Ministry approved shortly [...]
The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, Ben Saul, praised Côte d’Ivoire on Monday for its commitment to hosting over 63,000 asylum seekers fleeing terrorist violence from neighboring countries, as well as its significant investments in the northern region. In a press release following his visit, Saul commended the country’s proactive [...]
Amnesty International on Monday called upon Chad authorities to “immediately release” the relatives of killed opposition party leader Yaya Dillo Djerou, who remain detained despite being acquitted. The statement urges Chadian authorities to release 10 detained relatives of the opposition Parti Socialiste sans Frontières (PSF) leader. The relatives were acquitted in July following a military [...]
The UN Security Council (UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting in New York on Monday afternoon to discuss the situation in Syria, as announced by Russia’s first deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, in a Telegram post. Russia requested an urgent closed consultation with the UNSC after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement on Monday calling on the Argentine government to refrain from appointing Supreme Court justices through presidential decree. HRW emphasized that judicial appointments should prioritize candidates’ qualifications, experience, diversity, and integrity to uphold the judiciary’s independence and impartiality. The organization’s appeal comes amidst heightened scrutiny of Argentina’s judicial system [...]
The sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria marks a turning point for the country, but the path forward will require a carefully managed political transition, accountability for war crimes, and implementation of UN Resolution 2254 to ensure a stable and representative government. The end of an era The fall of Bashar al-Assad was [...]
As the dust settles after the fall of the Assad regime, a significant chapter is closing in the tragic narrative of the Syrian conflict. The civil war, which erupted in 2011 following the brutal crackdown on peaceful student protests in Daraa, has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions. Yet, with the regime’s [...]
The Khatai District Court in Azerbaijan held a trial on Sunday of the six journalists detained the previous day in Baku on smuggling charges. Five of the six reporters, Natig Javadli, Khayala Aghayeva, Aytaj Tapdig, Aynur Elgunesh and Aysel Umudova, work with the Berlin-based independent media outlet Meydan TV. The sixth, Ramin Jabrayilzade, is an independent [...]
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) urged Congress on Saturday to reject a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that prohibits the usage of healthcare coverage for trans kids of servicemembers. President of HRC Kelley Robinson stated that “anti-equality House Republican leaders are hijacking a defense bill to play politics with the healthcare of children [...]
