The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) demanded on Wednesday that the World Health Organization (WHO) allow journalists from around the world to cover its annual decision-making meeting, the World Health Assembly, and provide press accreditation to Taiwanese media. The call arose after two journalists from Taiwan were asked to provide Chinese passports for accreditation. Ahead [...]
HRW urged the Iraqi government on Monday to repeal a new law that prohibits same-sex conduct and transgender expression as it violates basic human rights such as freedom of expression, equality and non-discrimination. The anti-LGBT law, as an amendment to existing the Iraqi “Law on Combatting Prostitution,” was passed on April 27, 2024. It criminalizes [...]
A group affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is abducting boys in northern Mozambique and using them to fight against government forces, in violation of an international ban on the use of child soldiers, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Wednesday. HRW stated that an armed group known as Al-Shabab, an [...]
Fires used as a weapon devastated 72 villages and towns in western Sudan in April, the highest number seen in any month since the conflict began over a year ago, according to a report from a Center for Information Resilience published on Monday. As Sudan Witness, a project run by the UK-based nonprofit Center for [...]
The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) passed a bill on Wednesday that allows some convicts to enlist in the army and be eligible for conditional release from serving their sentences, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. The bill still needs to be signed by president Zelensky to become law. Draft law 11079-1 amends the Criminal, Criminal Procedure, Criminal [...]
At least one person has been killed and 24 others reportedly injured as a result of Russian attacks during the Orthodox Easter Sunday festivities in Kharkiv, a city in the northeast of Ukraine, and surrounding areas, regional officials reported. The attacks caused buildings to collapse and trapped several civilians under debris. Many districts in the [...]
The Pakistan Institute of Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) released a report on Wednesday that revealed there was a increase in militant attacks in April which resulted in the deaths of 70 individuals, including civilian and security forces personnel. Although there was an increase in the number of attacks since March, there was a slight [...]
Messaging app Telegram restored access to a number of chatbots used by Ukrainian security agencies to gather information about Russia’s military actions after their short-term suspension, the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security said on Monday. Telegram messenger blocked a number of official bots on Sunday that opposed Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, including [...]
Australian authorities charged five juveniles on Thursday in connection with the alleged perpetrator of the April 15 Wakeley church attack. The charges come after police from New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested seven juveniles for their suspected involvement with the April 15 attack. A series of searches were conducted in several [...]
The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office arrested three citizens on suspicion of working for the Chinese secret services to transfer technology with potential military applications on Monday. Officers of the Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) in Düsseldorf and Bad Homburg arrested German citizens Gerwig F., Ina F. and Thomas R. (surnames withheld due to privacy concerns) [...]
