A Moscow military court on Tuesday sentenced an ex-policeman to 14 years of imprisonment and a fine of 250,000 rubles (approximately $3,000) for alleged anti-war graffiti and communications with Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL). Konstantin Podoshvelev was arrested February 2024 under the charges of vandalism and damage of religious objects for allegedly writing “Polytech is [...]

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to curb practices harming the world’s oceans during the opening of the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3). The Secretary-General called for the adoption of alternative policies to promote the sustainable use of marine resources and proliferation of these policies through international treaties. Over 50 state officials attended [...]

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 [...]