Human Rights Watch reported on Sunday that Sri Lankan authorities are repressing Hindus as well as other religious minorities, calling for a renewed UN resolution in an attempt to counter the oppressive actions of the government. According to the report, authorities in Sri Lanka are denying Hindus and other religious minorities access to places of [...]

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) concluded in a decision Monday that Spanish legislation does not provide adequate protection for workers facing job dismissal without a legitimate reason and thereby breaches the Revised European Social Charter. In a ruling regarding the collective complaint Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) v. Spain, Complaint No. 207/2022, in [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) revealed an extensive report on sexual violence perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, Sudan, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The report, titled “Khartoum is not Safe for Women!” details incidents of sexual violence in Khartoum, Bahri, and Omdurman based on testimonies from healthcare workers, social [...]

US President Joe Biden called for the reform of Supreme Court terms limits and presidential immunity on Monday as part of a three-part plan to Congress ahead of the upcoming 2024 presidential election in November. The plan, which had been laid out in an op-ed published by the Washington Post, reveals a strategy to overhaul [...]

The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the Bundestag, Thorsten Frei, told a local newsroom Monday that he opposes the implementation of a ban on discrimination based on sexual identity through a constitutional amendment. This statement is a reaction to the bill (Drucksache 19/13123) presented by the parliamentary groups FDP, Die Linke, and [...]

A Libyan court sentenced twelve individuals on Sunday who were previously held to have played a part in deadly floods in 2023. The floods were caused by two dams which collapsed and killed thousands in Libya. The Derna Criminal Court heard cases against sixteen officials who managed the dams that collapsed last year, of which [...]

The Maricopa County Superior Court of Arizona on Friday barred the wording of an abortion-related ballot initiative pamphlet explaining a constitutional amendment proposal. Arizona Proposition 139 would enshrine the right to abortion into the Arizona Constitution, protecting abortion from state interference up until the point of “fetal viability” unless there is a “compelling reason” and [...]

Georgian media site Radio Free Europe (Radio Limited) revealed on Sunday that Georgia’s largest opposition party, United National Movement, intends to file a challenge against the state’s new foreign agent law on July 29. The controversial legislation challenged by the party requires media, non-profits, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving greater than 20 percent of their [...]

In his first official statement regarding the recent civil unrest in Bangladesh, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan confirmed on Sunday that at least 147 people have died during the violent clashes sparked by student protests over government job quotas. This announcement follows weeks of nationwide turmoil, marking the deadliest unrest in the country in over a [...]

The Bangladeshi Minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, announced Sunday that 4G mobile internet services would be restored after an 11-day nationwide blackout. However, access to social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube would remain restricted. The blackout was implemented on July 17 by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s [...]