The UN Human Rights office Tuesday concluded that the October 5 missile strike in Hroza, Ukraine was launched by Russia. The strike, which was labeled the deadliest since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, killed 59 people in the small village of Hroza. At the time of the attack, Moscow denied that it was intentionally targeting [...]

Gaza experienced communication blackouts on Saturday following Israeli airstrikes and expanded ground operations, the Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel) reported. Paltel said that “the heavy bombardment of the last hour has caused the destruction of all remaining international tracks linking Gaza to the outside world.” The internet blackout, resulting in complete loss of communication with Gaza, drew [...]

Seven bills received Royal Assent Thursday at parliamentary prorogation, thereby becoming law. Among these are the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2023, the Online Safety Bill and the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill had its first parliamentary reading on September 22, 2022. It aims [...]

A number of UK lawyers on Thursday urged the government to ensure that international law and the rule of law are upheld in Gaza in an open letter signed by over 250 senior lawyers and academics. The letter, addressed to the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Defence secretary, seeks to convince the government to use [...]

The UK Department of Education announced on Friday that it was introducing minimum service levels for schools to limit the amount of teacher strikes. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said that she invited the National Education Union (NEU) to discuss a mutual agreement regarding the minimum service levels. Keegan says if no voluntary agreement can be [...]

The UK’s Metropolitan Police made a statement Friday outlining a spike in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic hate crimes across London between October 1 and 18 in light of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict The Met says that during this period it saw ‘218 anti-Semitic offences compared to 15 in the same period last year, and an increase [...]

Israeli communications minister Shlomo Karhi said Sunday that he will bring a motion to Israel’s cabinet to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. A tweet reposted by Minister Karhi details draft regulations outlining its aim of preventing harm by blocking media that promotes propaganda during the war. The proposal is being examined to see [...]

A Russian offensive operation near Avdiivka, Ukraine resulted in two confirmed civilian deaths on Sunday, as reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The offensive is entering its sixth day. In a further statement from Vitaliy Barabash, head of the Avdiivka military administration, Russia is attacking the town via “air, artillery [...]

Elizabeth Throssell, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, condemned on Thursday a Russian airstrike on a village in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv that killed at least 51 civilians. In a press release from Geneva,  Throssell reiterated the importance of “strictly respecting” international humanitarian law. According to an OHCHR press release, [...]

Former Belarusian military Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) member Yuri Harauski was acquitted Thursday on charges of enforced disappearance in a decision made by the Swiss District Court of Rorschach. Harauski arrived in Switzerland and claimed asylum in 2019 on grounds that his life was in danger due to his role in the killings of [...]