The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its annual “State of the World Population” report Tuesday, revealing how social and economic barriers affect global fertility decline. The report, titled “The Real Fertility Crisis: The pursuit of reproductive agency in a changing world,” collected research from 14 countries that together represent over a third of the [...]

Albert Omondi Ojwang, a 31-year-old teacher and prominent social media commentator based in Voi, was found dead on the morning of Sunday, June 8, in a cell at Nairobi’s Central Police Station. Known for his trenchant and often humorous posts critiquing governance and police conduct, particularly on X (formerly Twitter), Ojwang had gained a loyal [...]

California filed suit against the US President Donald Trump’s administration Monday, asserting that its activation and deployment of the state National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles is unconstitutional. The suit asks the US District Court for the Northern District of California to halt Trump’s “unlawful militarization” of Los Angeles. Calling Trump’s actions an [...]

Amnesty International, in conjunction with numerous nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), released a statement Monday calling for Egyptian authorities to immediately set free lawyer and activist Ibrahim Metwally after nearly seven years in pre-trial detention. The statement recounted the series of injustices that have befallen Metwally since his arrest. NGOs claimed Metwally has been tortured, mistreated by [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Sunday warned that Pakistan’s “blasphemy laws” are being applied in a discriminatory manner toward non-Muslim minorities, resulting in entire communities being forced from their homes. In its 29-page report, HRW claimed that individuals and communities affiliated with religious minorities are denied equality before the law. The organization alerted that communities in [...]

On Sunday, the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a memorandum urging US President Donald  Trump’s administration to immediately withdraw National Guard troops from Los Angeles, following widespread protests that erupted over the weekend against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) directives ordering mass deportations of immigrants. Governor Newsom demanded that the Trump administration return [...]

On May 28, Indonesia’s Minister of Manpower (Menaker), Yassierli, issued Ministerial Circular Letter (SE Menaker) No. M/6/HK.04/V/2025 on the Prohibition of Discrimination in the Employment Recruitment Process. This move offers fresh air for job seekers in Indonesia, many of whom have long been hindered by minimum and maximum age restrictions. “This SE is intended to [...]

Amnesty International called Sunday for investigation into the death of Kenyan political activist and blogger Albert Ojwang while in police detention, urging improvements in transparency and accountability within Kenya’s law enforcement agencies. According to a press statement by the National Police Service of Kenya (NPS), Ojwang hit his head against the wall and sustained head [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a research center in UNSAA’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information and [...]

Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund announced on Saturday that Afghans abroad, including those who fled after the US withdrew its armed forces in 2021, will receive amnesty if they return to Afghanistan. Akhund stated: “Afghans who have left the country should return to their homeland… Nobody will harm them.” He called on officials to [...]