The French government bears significant responsibility for enabling the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, according to a Monday report from the Rwandan government. The report was commissioned by the Rwandan government in 2017 and compiled by Robert Muse of the Washington, DC, law firm of Levy Firestone Muse. While the report acknowledges French humanitarian intervention after the [...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed the “anti-riot” bill HB1 into law. The law, which goes into effect immediately, imposes more penalties on individuals participating in protests that turn violent. Violent protesters can now be arrested and charged with a third-degree felony, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years and loss of [...]

UN human rights experts responded on Monday to a review by the British government into race inequality by “categorically reject and condemn the analysis and findings.” The review culminated in a report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities that was released last Wednesday. The report was ordered by the government following the Black [...]

The US Supreme Court dismissed Bognet v. Degraffenreid, the final challenge to the 2020 presidential election from Pennsylvania, on Monday. In September the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted extraordinary relief in Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar by extending the receipt deadline for mail-in ballots from 8 PM on Election Day (Tuesday, November 3) to 5 PM [...]

Liberty University has sued its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., for withholding information from school officials about alleged threats for extortion and undermining the university’s moral standards. Falwell is a prominent member of the Evangelical Christian community in the US and the son of the university’s founder, Dr. Jerry Falwell. He was one of the [...]

Former Deputy Prime Minister and current leader of the Italian right-wing League party Matteo Salvini must stand trial for kidnapping, Palermo Judge Lorenzo Janelli ruled Saturday. This comes after he blocked 147 migrants in the middle of the sea in August 2019. These migrants were subsequently rescued by Spanish NGO Open Arms, a non-profit organization [...]

The Council of the EU announced Sunday that it is imposing sanctions on 10 individuals and two companies over the Myanmar coup. The sanctions are the second wave of sanctions imposed by the Council over the coup. The companies sanctioned, Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company Limited and Myanmar Economic Corporation Limited, are both controlled by [...]

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Friday announced visa restrictions on Ugandan government officials accused of human rights violations and repressive acts during the January 14 general elections and campaign period. President Yoweri Museveni has been in power for 35 years. After the January 14 general election, he was declared the winner with 58 [...]

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on Friday announced changes to NIH requirements regarding proposed human fetal tissue research (HFT), reversing several restrictions put in place during the Trump administration. HFT research has historically led to important breakthroughs in medical science, such as [...]

Ousted Myanmar lawmakers and opponents of the military junta hitherto constituting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw have officially announced the formation of a National Unity Government (NUG) as part of a push to restore democracy in the country and end the military coup d’état begun on February 1. The President of this parallel civilian authority [...]