Amnesty International called on the Egyptian government to immediately stop all forced deportation and arbitrary detention of Sudanese refugees, in a report released on Wednesday. The report documented over 5,000 Sudanese nationals deported from April to September 2023. The report also highlighted the expulsions of 721 Sudanese refugees on June 13, reflecting the authorities’ systemic [...]

Mexico’s government added an article to its Amnesty law in a decree on Friday allowing the head of the Executive Branch to commute sentences and halt criminal proceedings in cases deemed “relevant to the Mexican State,” regardless of the severity of the crime. The new Article 9 states the country’s president has exclusive authority to [...]

The Developing Eight Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) affirmed their support for the full membership of Palestine in the UN and all resolutions related to the Palestinian cause in international fora in a joint declaration released on Saturday. This declaration was a result of the extraordinary meeting of the D-8 Council of Ministers on the [...]

The National Union of Banks, Insurance Companies, Financial Institutions, and Businesses of Mali (SYNABEF) announced Saturday that it would prolong its work stoppage from June 9 until authorities release their secretary general, Hamadoun Bah, and all their detained colleagues. In their communique, SYNABEF’s National Executive Board urged its members to adhere to the directive, and [...]

More than 150,000 participants converged in Seoul’s downtown Euljiro district on Saturday for the 25th Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF), despite authorities denying the event its customary venue, Seoul Plaza, for the second consecutive year. The SQCF organizing committee has persistently sought to host its annual parade at Seoul Plaza since 2015. Although officials claim [...]

The Institute of Elections and Citizen Participation (IEPC) of the Mexican state of Chiapas decided not to hold the elections in the municipalities of Pantelhó and Chicomuselo due to acts of violence and the lack of security. The Friday decision came shortly before the federal elections in Mexico scheduled for Sunday, in which the presidency, [...]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced Sunday that the Houthi rebel group in Yemen has unilaterally released 113 detainees in Sana’a, the capital city that came under Houthi control in September 2014. The ICRC facilitated the release at the request of the Houthi National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs. ICRC’s head of delegation [...]

Burkina Faso’s acting president Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power following a 2022 coup, signed a new amended Transition Charter Saturday that extends the transition period to five years. The original charter called for the transition period to end in July 2024. Article 22 of the new Transition Charter states that the duration of the [...]

US organization Missions in Haiti announced Friday that three of their members were shot and killed by a gang in Haiti. The Oklahoma-based group reported that married couple Davy and Natalie Lloyd, alongside Mission director Jude Montis, were ambushed as they left church in Port-au-Prince on Thursday evening. All three worked for Missions in Haiti, [...]

The President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, declared a state of emergency in seven of the country’s 24 provinces Wednesday for the internal armed conflict. Article 1 of Executive Decree 275 placed the provinces of Guayas, El Oro, Santa Elena, Manabí, Sucumbíos, Orellana, Los Ríos, and the canton of Camilo Ponce Enríquez in the province of [...]