The UK Supreme Court Wednesday rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the implementation and operation of the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol. These proceedings challenge the lawfulness of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which formed part of the agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union regarding the UK’s exit from the EU. The protocol [...]

Ecuadorians Sunday voted in local elections and a referendum containing a number of measures aimed at reforming Ecuador’s constitution. As of Monday night, all eight referendum measures have been defeated. President Guillermo Lasso proposed the referendum in September 2022. The referendum included eight measures to which the voters could cast either a “yes” or “no” [...]

The national security trial of the 47 pro-democracy activists commenced in the Hong Kong High Court Monday, two years since their arrest in 2021. Amongst them, 16 defendants denied the charges. Five of the defendants–Au Nok-hin, Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Andrew Chiu Ka-yin, Ben Chung Kam-lun and Gordon Ng–are accused of being the organizers of an [...]

A six-month Australian investigation Monday disclosed that 160 doctors, guilty of serious sexual assault claims from 2010, are still registered to practice by the Australian health system. The Four Corners investigation relied on published disciplinary decisions confirming cases of pedophilia, sexual misconduct and sexual harassment among others, towards both patients and colleagues. The 160 doctors [...]

The Chinese balloon that floated over US airspace last week before being shot down by a US military jet Saturday has raised questions of international law on both the US and Chinese sides. The US claims that the balloon was a spy balloon, while China maintains that it was a civilian scientific research balloon that [...]

The Australian Greens party Monday introduced a bill to parliament asking the government to take in 150 refugees living in Nauru and Papua New Guinea (PNG), who have been there for a decade seeking asylum in Australia. “After ten long years of offshore detention it is abhorrent that about 150 people remain exiled in PNG [...]

Political prisoners in Iran Sunday expressed support for constitutional change proposed by political opposition figure and former Iranian Prime Minister Mir Houssein Mousavi. In a statement, seven imprisoned political figures, including reformist politician Mostafa Tajzadeh and Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, stated that they “will do their best to advance [...]

A UN peacekeeper Sunday was killed and another injured after their helicopter came under fire in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The peacekeepers were part of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), which has been operating in the region since 2010 under a mandate [...]

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report Sunday criticized Australia’s inaction since the military junta took over Myanmar in a military coup two years ago. According to the report, Australia has yet to impose sanctions on the junta in response to their human rights violations. HRW accuses the junta of being in violation of international humanitarian [...]

Iranian media reported Saturday the dismissal from Tehran Azad University of nine professors, allegedly as a result of expressing views critical of the Islamic Republic. This development follows recent protests by Tehran students sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, as well as new disciplinary procedures against students refusing to wear hijab. The [...]