The Taiwan Legislative Yuan, the island’s parliament, passed controversial parliamentary reforms on Tuesday as 70,000 citizens assembled outside the parliament to protest against the changes. The cabinet, chaired by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), will send back the legislation to the Legislative Yuan for review due to concerns about how the bill was passed and [...]
The Kenyan Parliament has launched four public hearings into alleged human rights violations committed by UK troops stationed in the country, with the first two hearings taking place in Laikipia County on Tuesday. The next hearing took place Wednesday morning in Samburu County, and the last will occur on Thursday morning in Laikipia. This follows [...]
US District Judge Aileen Cannon denied special counsel Jack Smith’s request to restrict Donald Trump’s public statements in the ongoing classified documents case against the former president. The prosecutors had sought to bar Trump from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in the investigation and prosecution. In her order, Judge Cannon [...]
Global executions hit the highest level since 2015, with serious increases mainly in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa, Amnesty International said in its 2023 annual report on the global use of the death penalty on Wednesday 1,153 executions were recorded in 2023 globally, marking an increase of more than 30 per cent from 2022. [...]
Digital rights group Access Now, alongside over 20 Russian and international civil society organizations, sent an open letter on Tuesday to YouTube and its parent company Google calling on them to cease aiding the Kremlin in censoring independent media and human rights organizations in Russia. The letter, entitled “Open letter to YouTube and Google: Stop [...]
Denmark’s parliament on Tuesday rejected a bill recognizing a Palestinian state, proposed at the end of February by four left-wing parties. Based on voting results, 83 MPs voted against the proposal, while 21 lawmakers in favor. Speaking at the first parliamentary debate on the proposed bill in April, Foreign Minister Lars L. Rasmussen said that [...]
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution last week establishing a commemoration day for the 1995 killings of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in Srebrenica and to formally recognize the event as genocide. Proposed by Germany and Rwanda, two countries with a unique history dealing with genocide in the 20th century, and [...]
Michigan State Police Detective Sergeant Brian Keeley was charged on Tuesday with second degree murder or involuntary manslaughter of Samuel Sterling by Michigan Attorney General. Keeley has been charged with second degree murder, which is a life offense. Alternatively, Keeley has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, which is a felony with a fifteen-year sentence. Michigan [...]
Israel announced on Tuesday it is investigating the deaths of Palestinian detainees captured during the war in Gaza, as Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi appointed a committee to investigate the conditions of prisoners in Israeli military facilities. As reported by local media, a board led by Major General Ilan Schiff will evaluate compliance of [...]
Chad authorities must guarantee fair trial rights for the detained relatives of opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djerou, killed during an assault on the headquarters of the Socialist Party without Borders headquarters in February, Amnesty International urged on Tuesday. The 26 relatives have been detained incommunicado since the military assault which led to their arrest. Chad authorities are [...]
