2 October 2026: International Day of Non-Violence A retired social worker stands outside a courthouse holding a handwritten sign. Elsewhere, 13 people block the entrance to a federal building and wait to be cited. Neither raises a hand against anyone. Both acts fit within a long tradition of civil disobedience built around breaking a rule [...]

The UN Working Group of Experts on People from African Descent warned on Wednesday that migrants from the African continent and diaspora face racism and discrimination throughout their journeys, attributing this mistreatment to discriminatory migration policies implemented worldwide. The UN experts stated: For Africans and people of African descent, freedom of movement continues to be [...]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a new report Wednesday finding that more than one in five households surveyed in Lebanon said their children went to bed hungry in the two weeks before interviews conducted in July. The report, entitled “An Enduring Nightmare,” documents the toll on children’s access to food, healthcare and education in an active conflict [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the detention of South Sudanese political commentator Samuel Peter Oyay, who has been held in a prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for one year without charge. Joey Shea, senior UAW researcher for HRW, spoke on the UAE’s policies of repressing dissent, stating: The UAE government’s zero-tolerance [...]

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Monday dismissed a challenge to the country’s general election held in February, holding that barcodes and QR codes printed on ballots did not violate the constitutional guarantee of a secret ballot. Section 83 of Thailand’s 2017 Constitution requires that members of the House of Representatives be elected by “direct and secret [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the Malian armed forces and its partners from the Russian private military company Wagner Group for perpetration of war crimes, including the murder and torture of civilians. The report detailed the killings of at least 34 civilians in seven localities in Mali between June 2023 and December 2025 in the [...]

The Council of the European Union on Monday imposed restrictive measures against 10 Russian officials for their role in the exclusion of Yabloko, also known as the Russian United Democratic Party, from the 2026 Russian legislative elections, saying the move undermines both the rule of law and democracy in Russia. In an EU statement regarding [...]

The Federal High Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday ordered the agency tasked with regulating oil imports to issue import licenses to three oil marketing companies despite ongoing claims that continued imports hamper domestic oil production. The Nigerian ⁠Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) had previously refused to reissue fuel import licenses to [...]

UN Special Rapporteurs Reem Alsalem and Ai Kihara-Hunt said in a joint statement Monday that they have received reports of children in France who allege sexual abuse by a father still being ordered into visitation with his offspring during criminal investigations, and of mothers who resist such orders facing prosecution or restrictions on their parental authority. [...]

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday visited The Hague and pledged support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the latest wave of sanctions by US President Donald Trump.  Emphasizing the importance of support for the ICC’s operations and investigative work during a climate of political pressure, Wadephul stated: International rules are only as [...]