The EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) reported on Monday that asylum applications across the EU+ (the EU member states plus Norway and Switzerland) decreased by 11 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year. The decline interrupted a three-year trend of applications exceeding one million annually. The report attributed the drop primarily to a shift [...]

Amnesty International urged the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday to condemn the forced return of Eritrean refugees to their home country. The statement came amid the 58th session of the human rights council that focused on the human rights situation in Eritrea. Amnesty International emphasized the dire human rights conditions faced by Eritrean [...]

UN Human Rights Office expressed grave concerns on Monday concerning attacks on hospitals and abductions of patients by the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 during the ongoing armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Ravina Shamdasani, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson, stated that M23 rebels on February 28 raided CBCA Ndosho Hospital and [...]

Indonesia’s state-owned gas company Pertamina pledged to improve transparency following an investigation into the company by the country’s attorney general following allegations of embezzlement. Speaking to the media, the president of Pertamine conveyed his deepest apologies to the Indonesian people for the events that have occurred. He thanked the Attorney General’s Office for its investigations [...]

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to halt the proceedings on a Special Court order requiring a First Information Report (FIR) against former Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, three SEBI officials, and two Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) executives. Justice Shivkumar Dighe issued the interim [...]

The Alberta government on Monday appointed former chief judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba Raymond Wyant to lead the investigation into corruption allegations against Alberta Health Services. The investigation is set to end by June 30 this year, with a published final written report and recommendations. Following the mandate, Raymond Wyant will serve as [...]

The US Department of the Treasury announced Sunday the suspension of the Corporate Transparency Act in hopes of narrowing the Act to foreign reporting companies. The Department of the Treasury is narrowing the Act to support the interests of American taxpayers and small business owners. The Treasury will not enforce any outstanding fines or penalties [...]

Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra claimed on Monday that the deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China was in accordance with human rights standards. Citing photos published by the Chinese authorities, Shinawatra stated her confidence that “China will take good care of this group of people.” “We actually did everything correctly on human rights,” Shinawatra told [...]

A Swedish government-commissioned investigation recommended a legislative reform to the country’s abortion law on Monday. One propsed reform is to allow home abortions, without requiring patients to visit a clinic for their first prescription. The recommendation package marks the first legal reform in nearly 50 years after the abortion law came into force. The report [...]

Haitian police conducted a large-scale operation on Saturday in the Lower Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, targeting the stronghold of powerful gang leader Jimmy Chérizier, widely known as “Barbecue.” Chérizier leads Viv Ansanm (Live Together), a powerful coalition of gangs that controls significant portions of the capital city. Several gang members were reportedly killed during the [...]