Costa Rica’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal urged the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his immunity, allowing him to face accusations of political interference. The step comes two weeks after Chaves dodged a similar push from the Supreme Court to strip immunity for corruption.  The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), the country’s [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Tajikistan to either deny entry to Russian President Vladimir Putin or arrest him when he enters its territory. The statement came in response to announcements that Putin would visit Tajikistan from October 8 to 10 for a Russia-Central Asia summit and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Heads [...]

Justice Heather Perkins-McVey of the Ontario Court of Justice on Tuesday sentenced Tamara Lich and Chris Barber for their roles in the “Freedom Convoy” protest that blocked the streets of Ottawa in 2022. Justice Perkins-McVey sentenced both to an 18-month conditional sentence, consisting of 12 months of house arrest followed by six months under curfew. [...]

A UN expert on Tuesday welcomed the decision by consensus during the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigative mechanism for Afghanistan. The decision also extends and supports the mandate of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. The special rapporteur, Richard Bennet, stated: “The [...]

Amnesty International called for urgent protection of civilians in central Myanmar after a nighttime attack that reportedly killed more than 20 people, including children, as motorized paragliders dropped explosives on a crowd during the traditional Thadingyut (Festival of Lights). Witnesses in Chaung-U Township said the first blasts struck around 8 PM on Monday night, as [...]

Nonprofit organization Democracy Forward sued the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI on Monday after the agency failed to release key video recordings in an alleged bribery scheme case involving former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan. Homan, currently Trump’s White House “Border Czar,” became the subject of a federal bribery investigation [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday commenced advisory opinion hearings on the right to strike under International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 87. The court will advise as to whether workers and their organizations have a right to strike under the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 [...]

A coalition of labor unions, nonprofit organizations and solar companies filed suit Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), challenging the agency’s termination of the $7 billion Solar for All program. The suit claims that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin exceeded statutory authority when he withdrew program funding in August. Plaintiffs argued that Congress only permitted [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called for the release of 75-year-old Adama Keita, the father of  Guinean journalist Maoudou Babila Keita, who was abducted by unknown people in Nzérékoré on September 29, more than a year after Babila fled the country following an attempted kidnapping. According to CPJ’s Francophone Africa representative: The circumstances [...]

Amnesty International on Monday urged Singaporean authorities to immediately halt the execution of Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, scheduled for Wednesday, October 8. The Malaysian national has been on death row since 2017 for importing 51.84 grams of diamorphine (heroin) into Singapore. Condemning the practice of mandatory death penalties for drug-related offenses as well as “multiple layers [...]