The European Commission announced on Wednesday it will move to subtract Hungary’s 200 million euro fine from the country’s EU funds, European Commission spokesperson Balazs Ujvari confirmed. This decision was made after Hungary failed to meet the second deadline for the payment of the fine imposed by the Court of Justice of the European Union [...]

Mexico’s Senate approved controversial judicial reforms on Wednesday despite protesters storming the chamber earlier in the session. The reform, pushed by President Andres Manuel López Obrador, obtained the two-thirds majority vote it needed to succeed in the Senate. It was approved with 86 votes in favor and 41 against after members the opposition bloc, led [...]

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree on Wednesday pardoning 30 individuals previously convicted of “protest-related crimes.” Seven women and 23 men were pardoned. According to Prosecutor General Andrei Shved, as quoted by state news outlet Belta, “hese individuals did not commit violent crimes against representatives of the authorities. They were convicted mainly for insult [...]

Israel’s Tel Aviv-Yafo Labor Court ordered an end on Monday to the general strike organized by Israel’s labor union confederation the Histadrut, local media reported. The Histadrut later confirmed its acceptance of the court’s decision, with Hisadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David calling for “everyone to return to work at 14:30.” The Histadrut, the General Federation of [...]

Protests against President Nicolás Maduro continued on Wednesday, a month after the disputed presidential election of July 28. Opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González initiated protests under “Acta Mata Sentencia,” which translates to “Vote record kills sentence.” Protests against Maduro’s reelection were not only held throughout Venezuela but also in various cities worldwide, [...]

The human rights organization Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) criticized Mexico’s judicial reform on Tuesday, describing it as a “setback for human rights.” The government launched the judicial reform in February of this year. The changes proposed by the government include the reduction of ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation [...]

The government of Austria has agreed to ban all marriages under the age of 18, Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer confirmed on Monday. Currently, under the Austrian Civil Code, the legal age for marriage is 18, although this rule includes an exception. Minors from the age of 16 can also legally marry with the consent of [...]

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) stated on Wednesday that it will monitor the Italian-Albanian protocol to ensure its compliance with human rights and international law. The protocol approved by Albania’s Constitutional Court in January of this year will permit Italy to process migrants in Albania seeking asylum in the Italian peninsula. The UNHCR has been [...]

The UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela urged Monday for the government to end the repression that began following the country’s disputed presidential elections of July 28, 2024. In its press release, the UN independent mission recognized 23 deaths during protests, most of which were caused by gunfire. Chair of the mission, Marta Valiñas, [...]

The Public Ministry of Venezuela will commence a criminal investigation against opposition leaders Edmundo González and María Corina Machado, the attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, announced on Monday. The official communication by the Ministry accuses the two opposition leaders of usurpation of official functions, dissemination of false information to cause uneasiness, instigating disobedience [...]