A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid to block the firing of 11 employees of the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, who serve in offices related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. US District Judge Anthony Trenga, at a hearing in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, opted to [...]

Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was charged with abuse of power for his involvement in attempting to organize a mail-in presidential election during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to Poland’s national news agency on Thursday. A spokesperson for the prosecution stated the charges stem from two administrative decisions issued by Morawiecki, which allegedly [...]

Romanian prosecutors opened a criminal case on Wednesday against ultranationalist politician Călin Georgescu, who won the first round of the country’s annulled 2024 presidential election. Georgescu was stopped by police in Bucharest traffic and taken to the Prosecutor General’s Office for questioning. Prosecutors announced they were carrying out 47 searches of people and associations, including [...]

The Iowa Senate and House of Representatives (House) passed a bill on Thursday that will remove protection from discrimination on “gender identity” grounds from the Iowa Code, effectively restricting transgender rights. The Senate cleared Senate File (SF) 418 with a 33-15 vote and transferred the bill to the House, which voted 60-36 in favor of [...]

A UN expert on Thursday expressed concern over the escalating human rights crisis in Afghanistan, asserting that the Taliban is increasingly governing Afghan society through repression and fear. UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan Richard Bennett stated:  As time goes on, more girls are being denied their right to education beyond [...]

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that the Cypriot authorities violated the human and privacy rights of a British female victim by failing to conduct a proper investigation into her rape allegations. The court concluded that “certain biases concerning women in Cyprus” prevented the effective protection of women’s rights as victims of gender-based [...]

Amnesty International urged Mozambique’s FRELIMO-led government on Thursday to launch investigations into alleged severe human rights violations committed amid the ongoing post-election crackdown and ensure effective reparation to victims and survivors. Violent confrontations between protesters and security forces broke out due to the announcement by Mozambique’s Constitutional Council that FRELIMO candidate Daniel Chapo had won [...]

The UN warned Thursday that Sudan is facing famine after “intense fighting caused the World Food Programme to suspend operations in North Darfur.” “Five more areas could face famine in the next three months, and a further 17 are at risk,” warned the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, in a speech in Geneva. [...]

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday sentenced Republika Srpska (RS) president Milorad Dodik to one year in prison, imposing a six-year ban on his political participation within the RS due to his frequent calls for Republika Srpska’s independence. The court convicted Dodik for failure to comply with the decisions of the High Representative [...]

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Thursday that the alarming human rights situation in Haiti requires immediate international assistance to save the population from a serious human rights crisis. The OHCHR emphasized that the only way to address the situation is to consolidate the UN’s efforts to restore [...]