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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday ruled that Missouri must hold its November elections using the new congressional districting map enacted in 2025. The current dispute began after the Missouri legislature passed House Bill 1 last September. The bill altered Missouri’s Fifth congressional district, which has been held by Democrats [...]

Several international civil society organizations on Monday issued a joint letter to members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), addressing the concerning situation following PACE Resolution 2664 (2026) on the functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia. Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2664 was adopted on 24 June 2026, stating that the conditions for [...]

Amnesty International on Monday condemned the March 23 Movement (M23) over human rights abuses committed in the mines they control in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Commenting on the dire domestic human rights crisis afflicting the region, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general  stated: The African Union and its Member States must take far [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation on Monday presented a report to the Human Rights Council, stating that Russian security services have assassinated or attempted to assassinate dissidents across Europe and have been linked to suspected poisonings as part of a “systematic, institutionalized” campaign to silence critics [...]

A trial over car manufacturer Tesla’s alleged racially discriminatory employment practices begins Monday in Alameda County, California, according to Reuters. The trial is scheduled to run until October 30 before state Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon and is one of multiple similar suits against Tesla. The case will proceed as a bench trial, meaning the [...]

Three news outlets banned from the White House have sued the Trump administration Monday, claiming their exclusion from the White House violates their rights to free speech and due process President Donald Trump announced Friday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be banned from the White House. He accused the outlets of “reporting fake news,” [...]

Human Rights Watch warned on Monday that the US has deported more than 450 Haitians since the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians ended in late July, sending them back to a country facing spiraling gang violence and a deepening humanitarian crisis, with little to no support upon arrival. HRW researchers visited Cap-Haïtien, a city [...]

South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Wednesday stated that it aims to approve the country’s first abortion pill by the first quarter of 2027, filling a legal vacuum following the Constitutional Court of Korea’s 2019 judgment striking down the country’s criminal abortion ban. Gender Equality and Family Minister Won Min-kyong told a [...]

A US federal judge on Thursday has vacated a US Department of Education (DOE) internal policy directive to cancel grants that supported educator training and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) programs. Under the directive, “Eliminating Discrimination and Fraud in Department Grant Awards,” the DOE canceled 104 of 109 grants in the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) and [...]

US President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, saying the outlets’ coverage of his administration amounted to “FICTION and LIES.” Trump made the announcement in a post on his Truth Social platform, declaring the ban “effective immediately” and warning that other news organizations could [...]