Switzerland’s Federal Council announced Friday that it is proposing a ban on Nazi symbols following a rise in antisemitism. In a press release, the Council said that it is opening a consultation on a new law that will first consider Nazi symbols but may extend a ban other extremist symbols in the future. According to [...]

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) urged Congress on Saturday to reject a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that prohibits the usage of healthcare coverage for trans kids of servicemembers. President of HRC Kelley Robinson stated that “anti-equality House Republican leaders are hijacking a defense bill to play politics with the healthcare of children [...]

Georgia police on Saturday said that they arrested tens of people for “disobedience to law enforcement requests and hooliganism,” following the ninth day of pro-EU protests in the Caucasus country. In the statement issued through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police reported that they had appealed to demonstrators to maintain a peaceful protest; however, [...]

The pro-EU president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, said on Saturday that she will stay in her post until “legitimate presidential elections are held from a legitimately elected Parliament,” following days of protests against the government’s decision to freeze EU integration talks for four years. In an interview with the BBC, Zourabichvili said that she will [...]

Amnesty International on Friday condemned the police violence and mass arrests in Georgia, following peaceful protests against the decision of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze to suspend the country’s application for EU membership until 2028. Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia deputy director, called the behavior of the police and Georgian government “punitive” [...]

Belarus has granted asylum to a former Polish judge following espionage charges in Poland. In a decree granting citizenship to 257 people from 16 countries Friday, President Alexander Lukashenko stated that Tomasz Szmydt faces political persecution in Poland. Szmydt defected to Belarus in May and announced his resignation from the Warsaw Provincial Court in a [...]

A local court in South Korea issued a pretrial arrest warrant on Friday for a former lawmaker and political consultant in a high-profile campaign finance scandal that has implicated President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee. The warrants were issued by the Changwon District Court located in the the southern part of the [...]

Protesters stormed the Parliament of the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia on Friday to challenge a bill that would allow Russians to buy property in the region. Abkhazia President Aslan Bzhania accused protestors of attempting a coup, noting that the government remains in control despite protesters’ seizure of some government buildings. The region’s parliament was [...]

Dutch police detained more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters on Sunday after they defied a demonstration ban in Amsterdam, following clashes between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam soccer fans last week. The Amsterdam District Court upheld the mayor’s decision to ban protests in the city after the altercation between the fans. Despite the ban, hundreds [...]

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stated on Friday that Israel’s deliberate military actions to destroy their property are in violation of international law, following the destruction of a fence and concrete structure in Ras Naqoura, southern Lebanon. UNIFIL noted that Israel is responsible for securing the safety of UN personnel, property and [...]