Thousands of women on Saturday took to the streets of the Brazilian city of São Paulo in sweeping opposition to a legislative bill currently under consideration in the country’s Congress intended to criminalize abortions further. Proposed by conservative lawmakers, the bill—if passed—would equate termination after the 22-week mark of pregnancy with homicide, and establish sentences [...]

Vietnamese authorities announced on Friday that they arrested and charged Truong Huy San, a prominent journalist, with violating the national security law by posting on Facebook criticizing the country’s government. Tran Dinh Trien, a lawyer, was arrested alongside San and faces similar charges. According to the Ministry of Public Security, San—whose legal name is Huy [...]

A Pakistani Christian who was attacked by a mob last month after being accused of blasphemy has succumbed to his injuries, local media reported Monday. Nazir Masih, 72, sustained severe head injuries during the May 25 attack and underwent two surgeries before his death. He was buried in Sargodha, a city in Pakistan’s Punjab province.  [...]

German police on Friday shot and wounded a knifeman who attacked a right-wing, anti-Islam demonstration in the city of Mannheim, local police shared in a statement. The attacker, whose name has not been disclosed, is described as a 25-year-old man born in Afghanistan who has lived in Germany since 2014 and resides in Heppenheim, Hesse, [...]

Thousands of people gathered in Spain’s Balearic Islands on Saturday to protest against mass tourism ahead of the upcoming summer season. Tourist numbers in the Spanish archipelago this summer are forecasted to exceed last year’s 14.4 million, as reported by the Spanish National Statistics Institute. Protesters carried posters and signs that read “SOS Residents, Enough [...]

The Philippines on Saturday deployed ships to a disputed area in the South China Sea, where it accused the People’s Republic of China (PRC) of building an “artificial island” amid the two Asian countries’s ongoing conflict over the territory, the office of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in a statement. “The Philippine Coast Guard (PGC) [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday issued a statement urging French President Emmanuel Macron to speak out against the Chinese government’s alleged crimes against humanity and increasing human rights repression during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Paris, which is scheduled to take place between May 6-7.  Maya Wang, acting China director at HRW argued [...]

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers on Friday approved a new legislative bill, endorsed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that will allow the state to confiscate any property or proceeds resulting from criminal activities, a spokesperson for the cabinet told local media.  Under the new law, known as the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), the [...]

Amnesty International urged Lesothan authorities on Thursday to publicly intervene and take action against alleged threats made against Phafane Nkotsi, a journalist and owner of the Lesotho Tribune. Amnesty International’s statement follows a recent publication by the company regarding allegations of corruption at the Public Officers Defined Contribution Fund, which is also referred to as [...]

An Italian court on Friday dismissed a long-running case against the rescue ship crews of three humanitarian organizations, who previously stood accused of aiding and abetting migrant smugglers while they were helping to rescue thousands of migrants off the coast of Libya and in the Mediterranean Sea.  The court in Trapani, Sicily threw out the [...]