Japan’s recent amendments, passed on Friday, to its immigration law have sparked a heated debate on the treatment of asylum seekers and the deportation of unsuccessful applicants. The revised legislation grants the government the authority to expel individuals who have repeatedly sought refugee status. However, this decision has encountered staunch resistance from political factions, human [...]

Thousands of protesters gathered in Belgrade on Friday in opposition to the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic. The peaceful demonstrators, whose action followed shortly after two mass shootings in the country, called for Vucic to resign by next week, threatening to turn to “radicalization” if this deadline was not met. During the demonstration, the “Serbia Against [...]

A federal court in Washington DC on Thursday refused to intervene in a disciplinary hearing over former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeffrey Clark’s participation in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The US District Court for the District of Columbia said they had no jurisdiction over the DC Board on [...]

US federal prosecutors Friday unsealed an indictment against ex-President Donald Trump and his former aide Waltine Nauta. Special Counsel Jack Smith, appointed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to oversee the investigation into Trump, charged Trump with 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information. Trump was also charged—alongside Nauta—with six additional counts, spanning [...]

Sudan’s Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that the head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) Volker Perthes would no longer be welcome in the country.  The statement comes weeks after General Abdel Fattah Burhan, the head of Sudan’s military, sent a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, expressing dissatisfaction with Perthes and [...]

A Japanese district court found Thursday that the lack of legal protection for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The Fukuoka District Court ruling comes amid growing pressure for Japan to protect same-sex marriage and a similar recent finding in another the Nagoya District Court. The court stated that, under the current civil code and other laws, [...]

The New York State Assembly and Senate passed legislation Thursday to establish a state commission on reparations for slavery. If Governor Kathy Hochul signs the bill into law, New York will become the second state with such a commission, following the creation of California’s Reparations Task Force in 2020. The legislation will establish a commission [...]

An attack on the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) resulted Friday in the death of one peacekeeper and the injury of eight other peacekeepers. MINUSMA reported that the attack involved an improvised explosive device (IED) and direct fire. MINUSMA condemned the attack and reaffirmed their commitment to “bring stability and peace to [...]

In a letter addressed to LGBTQ+ campaigner Peter Tatchell, the Metropolitan Police (Met) Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley became the first UK police chief to apologize on Wednesday for the force’s homophobic failings. Rowely accepted that the Met “had systems and processes in place which have led to bias and discrimination in the law we have [...]

US federal prosecutors have indicted former US President Donald Trump in their investigation into his potential mishandling of classified government documents, Trump announced Thursday via his social media platform Truth Social. As of the time of this report, federal prosecutors at the Department of Justice (DOJ) have yet to confirm the indictment. Sources close to [...]