The UK and its global allies held Chinese state-affiliated organizations and individuals responsible for two cyber campaigns targeting democratic institutions and parliamentarians on Monday. Partners across the Indo-Pacific and Europe expressed support for the UK’s efforts in addressing these cyber activities. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed that the UK Electoral Commission systems were [...]

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange “lives to fight another day” according to his brother Gabriel, as the UK High Court halted his potential transfer to the US on Tuesday due to inadequate assurances on his treatment if extradited to the US. The pause came following the court’s directive that the US government furnish assurances that Assange [...]

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The UK’s House of Commons passed a bill to declare Rwanda a safe country by 320 votes to 276 late Wednesday, seeking to bypass the courts to implement the government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to pursue their claims in Rwanda. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will now move to the [...]

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The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) announced Monday it would close after ten years of service. Mali previously called upon the UN to withdraw from the country “without delay” in June. The UN began withdrawing the mission in July. MINUSMA expressed gratitude to the countries that supported their effort and thanked the [...]

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The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza on Friday, prompting a furious backlash from the international community. The vote followed UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s invocation of Article 99 of the UN Charter, which forced a discussion on the humanitarian disaster currently unfolding in the region. Since early October 18,000 [...]

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The Sri Lankan government announced Friday the establishment an independent Commission for Truth, Unity and Reconciliation through an act introduced in Sri Lanka’s Parliament. The government stated that the commission is intended to “ensure an inclusive process in developing legislation that strengthens and safeguards national unity through truth, transitional justice, reconciliation, reparation and social cohesion.” The [...]

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The UK Metropolitan Police stated Tuesday they arrested nine people for displaying a pro-Palestinian banner outside a house in London. This is the most recent police action since then Home Secretary Suella Braverman ordered on October 10 police to increase their scrutiny on displays of Palestinian support amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. In a post [...]

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A German court handed down a life imprisonment sentence to Gambian national Bai Lowe on Thursday after he was found guilty of crimes against humanity, murder and attempted murder for his actions with a death squad known as the Junglers, notorious for targeting adversaries of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. The squad’s victims even included [...]

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Syria’s opposition government said Saturday that government forces shelled the northwestern village of Qaqfin, located in Idlib, Syria. The shelling resulted in the death of ten civilians, drawing further attention to allegations of human rights violations committed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government.  In a press release, the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) revealed [...]

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Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Azerbaijan on Friday to let ethnic Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh in September return to their homes, and to keep the Armenians remaining in the enclave safe, as part of a set of emergency measures. The court said that the Republic of Azerbaijan has committed to certain obligations [...]

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