Human Rights Watch (HRW)  released its 2024 World Report on Thursday detailing the state of global human rights. The report’s central theme was that “transactional diplomacy” undermined global human rights institutions and enabled autocrats to worsen violations. HRW Executive Director Tiran Hassan described “transactional diplomacy” as when “governments disregard the benefits of long-term relationships built [...]

A series of documents from US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials published on Friday made public the agency’s recommendation that cannabis be reclassified to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, which would allow cannabis to be prescribed by medical professionals. The grounds for the rescheduling recommendation, said officials in a formal [...]

Alexei Navalny brought claims against the Russian Ministry of Justice for his treatment in a Siberian prison when he appeared in court via video link, on Thursday. He appeared from a remote Siberian Penal Colony which he had recently been transferred to. During this transfer, he went “missing” within the penal system for nearly three [...]

Protests broke out across Yemen Friday following US and UK airstrikes on Houthi militants according to Reuters. US and British forces carried out airstrikes on Houthi militants after the UN Security Council demanded a stop to Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea. Houthis have launched over a dozen attacks on commercial ships [...]

Ecuador President Daniel Noboa told radio station Canela Radio on Wednesday that Ecuador was “in a state of war” with criminal groups that have held prison officers hostage. He also said that the country was in an internal armed conflict and fighting for peace against the criminal groups. Noboa previously declared a state of emergency [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) challenge Thursday against a court order requiring the disclosure of a source and related documents. The decision stems from a sexual misconduct case involving Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson of Canada’s Armed Forces. The case originates from a 2021 CBC report on sexual assault [...]

Prosecutors from Peru’s Public Ministry requested a sentence of 34 years in prison Friday for former President Pedro Castillo, who is currently in detention on charges of rebellion and conspiracy against the state after an alleged December 2022 coup d’etat. In a social media post the Public Ministry announced the preferred sentence against the former [...]

The German investigative journalism organization Correctiv published allegations Wednesday of a plot which implicates officials from the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and several businessmen, focusing on the concept of “remigration,” targeting asylum seekers, foreigners with residency rights and “non-assimilated” citizens. According to the report, in a hotel near Potsdam, a meeting took place [...]

The highest court in Massachusetts ruled on Thursday that individuals under the age of 21 cannot be sentenced to life without parole, becoming the first state to do so. In a 4-3 decision overruling the previous legislative action, the court raised the minimum age from 18 to 21, citing brain development science and the Massachusetts [...]

Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts sentenced Hong Kong activist Chu Kai-poon to three months in prison on Wednesday, according to local media outlet The Witness. Chu pleaded guilty on January 2 to two counts of sedition after national security police arrested him on November 27 for wearing a shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong [...]