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Freedom and democracy are slumping worldwide, trends spurred on by rising authoritarianism, media suppression, and myriad governments’ failures to adhere to the rule of law, advocacy group Freedom House warned in its 2023 Freedom in the World report, released Thursday. The annual report, which ranks the world’s countries and territories from most to least free, [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Tuesday urged the South Sudanese government to protect civilians from ongoing violence and human rights violations. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, High Commissioner Volker Türk expressed concern for the safety of citizens in South Sudan in the midst of escalating armed conflict and continuous breaches [...]

The EU Tuesday imposed sanctions against officials from six countries, including Afghanistan and Russia, due to their abuse of the rights of and violence against women. In implementing the sanctions, the Official Journal of the EU drew attention to the “serious human rights violations” committed by the newly sanctioned nine persons and three entities. As [...]

Activists on Saturday called on South Sudanese authorities to clarify the fate and whereabouts of an opposition critic who was allegedly detained in Kenya on February 4 by South Sudanese government actors and forcibly returned to his home country before disappearing into custody. International human rights organization Amnesty International and legal justice group the Pan-African [...]

The Council of the European Union Saturday imposed additional sanctions and measures against the Russia-affiliated Wagner paramilitary group for human rights abuses taking place in their areas of operation. This follows previous EU sanctions against the Wagner Group introduced in 2021 over the group’s alleged human rights violations. The Wagner group is a Russian private [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 108 aid organizations Friday requested $1.3 billion to assist 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees throughout 2023. Two-thirds of South Sudan has been submerged by persistent floods for four years, causing damage to tens of thousands of homes, farms and cattle. The money, requested in the South Sudan [...]

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) South Sudan, Africa’s youngest nation, has been struggling with civil strife, armed conflict and a deplorable state of human rights and the rule of law before and after its independence in 2011. South Sudan came to international attention in the early [...]

Water scarcity is a growing problem. It can be demand-driven, typically caused by population growth, and supply-driven, typically caused by decreasing amounts of fresh water often resulting from climate change or a result of societal factors such as poverty. If it is allowed to reach dangerous levels, water scarcity has the potential to trigger conflicts. [...]

Last month, Indonesia made headlines by passing a new criminal code known as the Rivisi Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Pidana (RKUHP). The code includes a number of controversial provisions, including outlawing acts such as defaming the president and expressing views antithetical to state ideology. However, the provision that has received the most attention is the criminalization [...]

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) Wednesday released its 2022 Index of African Governance, noting that governance across the African continent has “flatlined” since 2019. The report cited deteriorating security and movements to undermine the rule of law as reasons for the stagnation, and warned the lack of progress could seriously jeopardize the African Union’s Agenda [...]