Myanmar‘s military junta Friday declared that it will execute four people. Among the four are Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party National League for Democracy, and pro-democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, popularly known as Ko Jimmy.  Both Ko Jimmy and Phyo Zeya Thaw were sentenced to death on terrorism-related charges. The other two [...]

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court Friday upheld a ruling to classifying Uber drivers as employees and according them all the rights and benefits given to employees in Switzerland. Uber appealed the 2019 ruling by a lower court guaranteeing Uber drivers the right to workers compensation insurance and collective bargaining. In the judgement, the court dismissed [...]

Countries including the United States and Britain Thursday called for the International Labour Organization (ILO) to probe alleged labour abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. Australia, Canada and the EU also voiced support for the probe. The calls follow the Committee of Expert’s 2022 report on China’s non-compliance with Convention 111, which prohibits discrimination in employment [...]

Amnesty International Wednesday urged Croatian authorities to release Turkmenistan-born Russian activist Aysoltan Niyazova because she faces a “great risk of suffering serious abuse, including torture and other ill-treatment, should she be extradited to Turkmenistan.’ Niyazov is a member of Pussy Riot, a Russian performance and protest group. Niyazov traveled to Croatia this week to participate in [...]

The European Commission Wednesday approved Poland’s recovery and resistance plan, an important step toward the release of billions of euros in grants and loans, but the money will not be paid until Warsaw reforms its judiciary. Under the plan Poland will receive 23.9 billion euros in grants and 11.5 billion euros in cheap loans over [...]

An Australian judge Tuesday referred an Indigenous Australian man’s request to receive his social security age pension three years early to a full panel of the Federal Court of Australia. Justice Debra Mortimer ordered the full federal court to consider the case in an 87-page decision. Dennis James Fisher, a 64-year-old Indigenous Australian man, seeks [...]

Canada’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Carolyn Bennett Tuesday announced that her office is temporarily decriminalizing some drug possession crimes in British Columbia to address the province’s overdose crisis. The minister’s  goal is to “decrease substance use harms, prevent overdose, reduce stigma and end this crisis” in order to save lives. British Columbia (BC) [...]

President of Tunisia Kais Saied Wednesday fired 57 judges, accusing them of corruption, protection of terrorists and sexual harassment. Saied announced the decision in the nation’s Official Gazette. In a televised address, the president claimed that he repeatedly warned the judges to purify themselves of their vices, but they never ceased their actions. He insisted that [...]

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev Monday suspended a referendum intended to determine whether the Georgian breakaway region would join Russia. The referendum was scheduled to occur on July 17. South Ossetia borders Russia in the northern portion of Georgia. The region was at the center of the Russo-Georgian War in 2008, shortly after which [...]

The United Nations Security Council Tuesday adopted a resolution urging member states to criminalize piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea under domestic laws. The Gulf of Guinea is a global hotspot for piracy. In an attempt to combat crime, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 2634 which calls member states [...]