The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) confirmed Tuesday that Israel released 14 journalists who had been arrested while reporting from the Conscience, a ship in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC). According to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and CPJ, Israeli authorities arrested the journalists on October 8 near the Suez Canal. One journalist aboard, Emily Wilder, [...]

A recent ruling by Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has barred Member of Parliament (MP) Nenad Rashiq from being elected as Deputy Speaker of the Assembly on the grounds that he does not currently represent the Serbian community. While the decision aims to unblock the country’s months-long political paralysis, it has drawn sharp criticism from legal experts [...]

The European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted Monday to amend its position on the European Union’s landmark corporate accountability law, introducing a series of changes to companies’ sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements. The EUs corporate sustainability due diligence directive (CSDDD) was adopted last year and “requires companies to fix human rights and environmental [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied review of media personality Alex Jones’ appeal of the $1.4 billion judgment against him for damaging statements he made related to the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. Jones sought review of a Connecticut court’s verdict against him, arguing that the ruling infringed on his speech rights as a [...]

A faction of Madagascar’s military announced Tuesday that it has seized government power following reports of President Andry Rajoelina’s evacuation from the country. The apparent coup follows weeks of Gen Z protests against high unemployment, the rising cost of living, and government corruption. On national radio, Colonel Michael Randrianirina annouced, “We have taken the power.” [...]

The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to begin serving his prison sentence in Paris next week, following a court decision last month sentencing him to five years in prison. The Correctional Tribunal of Paris found Sarkozy guilty of a criminal association with an organized scheme to illegally finance his 2007 presidential election campaign. [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday issued a press statement condemning the attack on a Venezuelan human rights defender and asylum seeker, Yendri Velásquez, alongside his companion, Luis Peche, also a Venezuelan-Colombian activist in Bogotá. The statement came after two gunmen opened fire at the pair. The attack comes a year after they fled Venezuela due to [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law Monday that requires social media companies to display a warning to users under 18 years old about the health risks of social media platforms. Introduced by state Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, AB 56 mandates that covered social media platforms display the following: The Surgeon General has warned that while [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called for the European Union member states to vote on whether Hungary is breaching EU treaty values, following what HRW called “erosion of the rule of law.” According to the statement, Victor Orban’s government in Hungary has escalated its attack on judicial independence and civil liberties, threatening the rights [...]

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina on Sunday declared that an attempted coup was underway, according to a statement released by the presidential office. Rajoelina remains in an undisclosed location as unconfirmed reports from opposition officials and military sources indicate that he fled the country on a French military aircraft. National tensions escalated on Saturday after troops [...]