The leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP), Don Davies, introduced a bill to ban floor-crossing without voters’ consent on Tuesday. The bill comes after five lawmakers left their original party and joined the Liberal Party, giving it a majority at the House of Commons. If passed in its current form, Bill C-278 will automatically [...]
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet announced on Tuesday that Cambodia will initiate a “compulsory conciliation” with Thailand over a maritime boundary dispute under the mediation of the UN. At issue is the so-called Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand. The area is believed to be rich in natural gas. The UN Convention [...]
Hundreds of women marched in Nairobi on Monday to demand urgent government action against gender-based violence after a surge in femicide and child disappearance. Carrying a coffin, placards reading “stop killing women,” and dolls wrapped in the Kenyan flag to highlight the vulnerability of children, protesters sought to transform outrage into accountability, urging authorities to [...]
Hungary’s Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced Monday that his Tisza Party would immediately begin work on amending Hungary’s Fundamental Law to remove President Tamas Sulyok if he refuses to resign. Magyar said impeachment was one theoretical option under current law, but insisted his government would avoid that route in order to preserve the dignity of [...]
Plaintiffs on Monday filed an appeal of the decision not to block President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) directed at placing restrictions on voting by mail. The appeal is the latest development in the fight by advocacy organizations to stop the Trump administration from reshaping the mail-in ballot guidelines ahead of the November midterm elections. [...]
The UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), Aristide Nononsi, expressed concern Monday about the persistent violence in the country, and its impacts on rights and humanitarian needs. Reporting on his visit to the CAR, Nononsi noted that despite the peaceful electoral process that took place in December, [...]
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday condemned Afghanistan’s Taliban government for adopting a new decree that legitimizes child marriage and treats a minor female child’s silence as consent to marriage. The Committee, which is composed of 18 independent child rights experts, expressed further concern that the so-called Decree No. 18 [...]
The Palestinian Prisoner Society called Sunday for Israel to be held accountable for what it described as the “systematic” use of sexual violence and torture against Palestinian detainees. While welcoming the UN’s decision to place Israel on its blacklist of parties credibly suspected of conflict-related sexual violence, the organization argued that additional action is necessary. [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Notice of Appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Monday in a case seeking personal information regarding Massachusetts voters. Following the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s refusal to turn over the information, the administration filed a lawsuit. In the complaint, the administration argued that [...]
Human rights organizations reported Monday that authorities across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states have arrested more than 1,000 people and expanded restrictions on expression since the start of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. The arrests are part of a broader effort by governments in the region to control information surrounding the conflict and [...]
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