The Ukrainian Government presented their revised bill to parliament Tuesday, which aims to strengthen its military mobilisation rules and maintain its fighting force in the face of the ongoing Russian invasion. The controversial bill was first introduced at the end of December 2023 and was met with public criticism and constitutional concerns, prompting its return [...]
Governments around the world are struggling to fight corruption, according to a Transparency International (TI) report published Tuesday. The report, known as the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The scores range from zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). In 2023, the CPI global [...]
The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals declined Tuesday to rehear with the full Eighth Circuit panel of judges a prior appeals court decision curtailing private organizations’ ability to sue under section two of the Voting Rights Act for alleged racial gerrymandering in redistricting decisions. In the order denying the rehearing, Judge David Stras, writing [...]
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for corruption during Khan’s tenure as prime minister. Khan was sentenced to ten years in prison the day before over revealing state secrets. The couple was investigated by the National Accountability Bureau, Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency, [...]
The Constitutional Court of Albania approved on Tuesday a migration agreement with Italy to establish migrant processing centers under Italian jurisdiction in Albania and allow Italy to send migrants rescued by Italian ships at sea to Albania. The centers would jointly accommodate up to 3,000 detained migrants at any given time. According to Human Rights [...]
The National Assembly of France passed a constitutional bill on Tuesday to incorporate the right to abortion into the French Constitution. The bill for “the freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy” was debated in the National Assembly and then passed 493-30. The passage of this bill comes just under a year after the [...]
A defense lawyer for former US President Donald Trump filed a letter in US District Court on Monday that argued a judge in a recent defamation lawsuit should have recused himself from the case. The letter stated that Judge Lewis Kaplan had previous working relationships with author E. Jean Carroll’s lead counsels, and he showed [...]
Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on Tuesday. Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, was sentenced to the same punishment alongside Khan. Khan, who is currently serving a three-year sentence for corruption, was trialed under accusations of “use of official secret information and illegal [...]
British Columbia Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender announced on Tuesday that the commission will hold an inquiry into the use of force by the police against minorities and individuals with mental health issues. This builds upon a 2021 Canadian report titled “Equity is Safer: Human rights considerations for policing reform in British Columbia.” The report [...]
On Monday, the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced that they would extend the current ceasefire by a week. Meanwhile, delegates from both sides continue to discuss policies that could ensure a longer period of peace. The statement says: Taking into account that today, January 29, 2024, the CFBNT (bilateral, national and [...]
