New South Wales (NSW) Premier Chris Minns stated in a press conference on Sunday that he intends to strengthen the Australian state’s hate speech laws. Premier Minns’ statement follows a string of antisemitic attacks across Australia. Premier Minns indicated that the Labor party would table to discuss hate speech laws and protest laws when parliament [...]

US President Donald Trump issued pardons Monday to around 1,500 people convicted for their roles in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, where rioters stormed the legislative building seeking to disrupt the certification of the 2020 election. Alongside the full pardons, Trump commuted the sentences of 14 other January 6 defendants, including Oath Keepers leader [...]

Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sánchez announced Sunday a series of government reforms and policy proposals, including harsh restrictions on non-EU residents purchasing property. The measures aim at tackling the southern European nation’s burgeoning housing crisis. Specifically, the proposal seeks to create a tax equivalent to the entire property value for non-EU and non-resident individuals purchasing [...]

Amnesty International called for an end to the use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a press release on Sunday. The organization also called upon the International Criminal Court to consider investigating such attacks as war crimes. Amnesty claims that “inaccurate explosive weapons,” including primarily unguided rocket [...]

The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group revealed the increasing political and religious persecution of Muslims in Crimea in a report published on Monday. The report discusses how the treatment of Muslim groups in Crimea (especially Crimean Tartar Muslims) has worsened in the past decade as Russia has become increasingly bold in its repression of opposition. [...]

Peru declared a state of emergency on Monday, following the detonation of explosives attacking the Public Ministry of Trujillo. Monday’s incident marks the second attack in Trujillo this year. In the declaration by President Dina Boluarte, the Presidency of Peru stated that “the Armed Forces and the police will take control of the city due [...]

Multiple groups brought lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) hours after Monday’s inauguration, urging a federal court to enforce Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requirements on the newly formed administrative panel. Filed by the American Public Health Association, American Federation of Teachers, Minority Veterans of America, VoteVets Action Fund, the Center for [...]

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) alleged that Thailand has consistently violated prisoners’ right to health under international law, in a report submitted Monday to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health. Prior to her country visit to Thailand, Special Rapporteur on the right to health Tlaleng Mofokeng called for input on [...]

Amnesty International demanded that US President Trump respect human rights during his term as president on Monday. On the day of Trump’s inauguration, the group alleged that Trump committed “extensive human rights violations” during his first term, and used dangerous rhetoric targeting journalists, immigrants and transgender youth during his campaign. Amnesty International stated that the [...]

US President Joe Biden, in one of his final acts before leaving office, issued preemptive pardons to former chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci, former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley, several officials who served on the January 6th congressional investigation committee, and members of his own family. The pardons, announced hours before former President [...]