Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said Sunday that billionaire Elon Musk’s effort to give money to registered voters for signing his America PAC petition in support of “free speech and the right to bear arms” is deeply concerning and warrants investigation by law enforcement. Musk, who has lately become an outspoken and vigorous advocate on the [...]

Press freedom organizations urged the Georgian government to protect journalists on Thursday following a surge of threats and restrictions targeting journalists covering the country’s recent parliamentary election. A joint report reveals a concerning environment for journalists covering the elections, which were held on October 26, 2024. In one incident, a CNews journalist was assaulted at [...]

Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed his concerns in a letter published on Wednesday, over the situation of migrants and asylum seekers within the UN-controlled buffer zone in Cyprus. He urged the Cypriot government to abide by its obligations under international law regarding migratory movements, not only within the buffer [...]

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s call for the court to set aside its earlier ruling which suspended the speaker’s decision on October 17 to declare four Parliament seats vacant. The court’s ruling, as delivered by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, stated it is a basic principle of law in the [...]

Amnesty International called on Mozambican authorities to end attacks on protesters and journalists during nationwide demonstrations after it was announced that Daniel Chapo and the ruling party Frente de Libertação de Moçambique won the country’s general elections on October 9. Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: Mozambique’s authorities must [...]

A South Korean advocacy group released a report on Thursday noting that more than 100 North Koreans have gone missing after trying to defect. The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) published their findings as a part of their mapping project for North Korea. TJWG held interviews with 62 North Koreans who fled their country and [...]

A report released Wednesday by the Associated Press (AP) showed groups supporting constitutional amendments for abortion rights in nine states have raised more than $160 million. The amount raised by pro-choice groups exceeded their opponents by six-to-one. Florida represented the majority of the money raised nationally. Proponents of Amendment 4, which would prohibit the state [...]

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) set out on Wednesday to work directly with Indonesia’s Palm Oil Industry in order to combat corruption in the country. This comes after the UNODC organized a workshop to bring together different private and public actors, such as the Indonesian Palm Oil Association and the National Corruption [...]

The Tokyo High Court declared Japan’s current policy against same-sex marriage as discriminatory and unconstitutional in a ruling on Wednesday. The case involved a couple in Tokyo registered as same-sex partners who sought compensation from the government, arguing that laws failing to recognize same-sex marriage violated the Japanese constitution. Presiding Judge Taniguchi Sonoe emphasized that [...]

Canada’s Office of the Special Interlocutor concluded Tuesday that the Indigenous children who died and were buried at residential schools are not missing but were systematically disappeared, urging the government to make reparations. Kimberly Murray outlined 42 legal, moral, and ethical obligations for governments, churches, and other institutions to address the dark chapter in Canadian [...]

Pope Francis’ child protection board said victims of clergy sexual abuse should have more access to information about their cases along with compensation, in its annual report published on Tuesday. The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued its inaugural annual report detailing findings and recommendations for the Vatican’s handling of clergy sex abuse [...]