Amnesty International on Monday called for an “expedited” investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. The human rights organization cited two cases in which they claimed the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) bombed targets with no “military objective.” A spokesperson for the rights organization called the bombings “part of a documented pattern of [...]

Police squads in Alentejo, southern Portugal, raided farms and arrested 28 people Tuesday on suspicion of human trafficking and labor exploitation. In a press release, Portugal’s Judicial Police said the effort, called “Operation Mirror,” involved 480 operatives in collaboration with prosecutors from the Évora region and the Portuguese airforce. It is believed that the suspects [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a statement Tuesday condemning the record death toll of 53 journalists and members of the press during the Israel-Hamas War. CPJ has documented journalist deaths that have occured since October 7, when Hamas launched an attack on Israel followed by Israel declaring war on Hamas. The organization added [...]

The UK Supreme Court held Tuesday that Deliveroo riders were not entitled to form a union and collectively bargain with Deliveroo for better working conditions due to a lack of employment relationship. This case was an appeal from an original ruling by the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) in 2017. Deliveroo riders wanted the Independent Workers [...]

Two people were killed and at least eighteen others injured in Liberia after a Nissan taxi charged at them in the streets outside the country’s Unity Party headquarters late Monday evening, according to local media. While it is unclear whether or not the attack was intentional or an accident, it has been reported that the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement Sunday calling on China to allow commemorations for the one-year anniversary of the “White Paper” protests against the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rights organization also urged authorities to lift censorship of protest-related social media posts and to release people currently detained for openly condemning the [...]

A record number of convictions were made on Monday in Italy’s largest trial of people linked to the ‘Ndrangheta criminal organization. The trial lasted over three years and resulted in the sentencing of more than 200 of the over 300 people accused. The “Rinascita Scott” trial began in a court in the Italian town of [...]

The mother of a teenage boy who was fatally shot by the French police held a protest on Sunday against the release of the officer who killed her son. The officer was released from custody but remains under supervision as the case is further investigated. Nahel Merzouk was 17 when he was shot and killed [...]

Members of Parliament from Albania’s Democratic Party set off smoke bombs Monday in the middle of the country’s parliamentary chamber in protest of what they said was an unconstitutional vote on the country’s 2024 budget, the latest of a series of disruptions. Discord between the opposition and the ruling party has been ongoing, with protesters [...]

Human rights group Afghan Witness released a report on Monday saying that abusive online posts and hate speech targeting politically engaged women in Afghanistan have tripled since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021. The group analyzed more than 78,000 abusive posts between June to December in 2021 and 2022 and interviewed Afghan women [...]