The Supreme Court of Tasmania ruled on Friday that the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart was within its legal rights to bar men from attending a women-only art exhibit aimed at addressing gender inequalities. The exhibit, titled the “Ladies Lounge,” was designed to highlight the exclusion of women from male-dominated spheres [...]

Eswatini’s main opposition leader Mlungisi Makhanya was poisoned in an attempted assassination, according to his party, the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), on Wednesday. This accusation drew attention to the southern African nation, which is one of the last absolute monarchies still in existence and where the government has been working for years to suppress [...]

Around 5,000 Moroccan lawyers in Rabat on Saturday protested a series of judicial reforms proposed by the government, which they say would significantly diminish the role of defense lawyers and harm the integrity of the justice system. The lawyers argue that the proposed reforms to Morocco’s Civil Procedure Code and Criminal Procedure Code violate key [...]

A Tehran court sentenced two individuals to finger amputation as punishment for a theft that occurred in June 2022, when 13 individuals, allegedy including the two principal defendants, arranged a robbery at the National Bank of Iran. The group proceeded to flee the nation following the theft, however, Turkish officials ultimately apprehended them and sent [...]

The UK’s latest report on Hong Kong, released on Thursday, sparked condemnation from the Hong Kong government over its “absurd and false contents.” The report said that the city’s focus on national security was undermining its international reputation. Amongst other things, the report specifically highlights the prosecution of British national and pro-democracy journalist Jimmy Lai, the [...]

Alfred Beleri, a former ethnic Greek mayor of a southern Albanian town, was released ahead of time on Monday, following imprisonment on vote-buying charges, in a case that has strained relations between Greece and Albania. He is currently on probation. His lawyer stated that the court agreed to their request for Beleri to be released [...]

The justice minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Constant Mutamba, announced on Saturday the release of 527 prisoners from the central prison of Makala, DRC on X (formerly Twitter). Mutamba delivered 2,000 mattresses and ordered 7,000 mattresses to improve the detention conditions of prisoners, and said that prisoners in the DRC eat two [...]

The US, UK, and Canada announced more sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities Friday, all pointing to human rights abuses in Belarus and its support for Russia in the war against Ukraine. The countries moved for slightly different reasons. First, the US Department of the Treasury announced “action against 19 individuals, 14 entities, and one [...]

An Amnesty International report released Tuesday outlined how a UAE-affiliated trophy hunting company is involved in the forced evictions of Massai people in Tanzania. The report documents that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE’s prime minister and a member of the ruling royal family, is linked to trophy hunting company Otterlo Business Corporation [...]

Amnesty International urged Malian authorities to release immediately the arbitrarily detained dissidents Youssouf Daba Diawara and 11 other opposition politicians in a statement made on Friday. According to the statement, Malian authorities have been arbitrarily detaining these politicians solely for exercising their human rights, including the right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association. [...]