Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Tuesday over doubts about the results of Sunday’s elections as Nicolás Maduro was declared as the elected president by the National Electoral Council (NEC). Protesters gathered in various parts of the capital and other cities across the country, denouncing what they consider to be electoral fraud. The [...]

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced the Restoring Confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency Act of 2024 on Tuesday, threatening to withhold funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) amid allegations that the organization has helped cover up widespread anabolic steroid use by Chinese swimmers competing in the Olympic Games. The proposed bill was [...]

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report regarding human rights in the country on Tuesday, providing reports of arbitrary arrest, torture, and killings. UNAMA’s latest report is based on monitoring undertaken by its Human Rights Service and covers the period from April to June 2024. UNAMA Human Rights documented “at least [...]

The European Commission announced on Tuesday it intends to begin infringement proceedings against member states failing to meet current waste management targets by sending them letters of formal notice letters. The targets, detailed in the Waste Framework Directive, the Directive on Waste and Electronic Equipment, and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, impose legally binding [...]

The Council of Europe (CoE) called for greater action to prevent child trafficking in Strasbourg, France on Tuesday during the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The council’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) joined voices with the UN-mandated Inter-Agency Coordination Group Against Trafficking in Human Beings (ICAT) to demand [...]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez exercised his right to not testify on Tuesday in a corruption case involving his wife, Begoña Gómez. who is accused of leveraging her position to influence business deals. Under Article 315 of the the Spanish Civil Procedure Law, government officials can testify in writing. Sánchez offered to provide written evidence [...]

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court declared parts of the new electoral reform aimed at reducing the size of the Bundestag, the federal parliament, unconstitutional in a judgment on Tuesday. Set to be implemented for the upcoming federal elections in 2025, this change would have primarily disadvantaged smaller parties. In particular, the court held that the 5 [...]

Amnesty International released a report on Tuesday criticizing the living conditions of the residents of the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) in Greece. The report stated that the arbitrary detention of the refugees violated European standards and international law. Thus, the NGO urged the EU to hold Greece accountable for human rights violations and [...]

A report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) found on Tuesday that there were systematic failings by states to appropriately investigate cases of “life-threatening human rights violations” occurring at the EU’s land and sea borders. They have proposed specific measures to enhance the effectiveness of investigations to prevent further loss of life [...]

A Pakistan accountability court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan extended on Monday former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi’s physical remand by 10 days in a Toshakhana reference case, according to local media. During the hearing, Khan argued that Bibi should not be punished as she was not associated with the case and did [...]