US President Joe Biden issued a directive on Wednesday allowing for Palestinian immigrants to say in the US without facing deportation for 18 months. Palestinian immigrants within the US are now covered under “deferred enforced departure,” which aims to provide a “temporary safe haven” for Palestinians who qualify. However, individuals convicted of felonies or deemed [...]

The India Supreme Court unanimously declared unconstitutional the electoral bonds scheme on Wednesday, which previously allowed for anonymous funding to political parties. The electoral bonds scheme was first instituted by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Union government in 2018. It allowed both individuals and corporations to anonymously fund political parties by purchasing electoral bonds from the [...]

The National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria (NHRC) expressed its fears on Wednesday about the rising increase of human rights violation cases. At the inauguration of the human rights dashboard and observatory on Tuesday, senior advisor to the executive secretary of the commission Hillary Ogbonna  highlighted key issues. Human rights violations in Nigeria include domestic [...]

Amnesty International called for an investigation into killings and police brutality against protestors in Senegal as the UN raised similar concerns over the use of force against protesters and restrictions on civic space in the wake of the Senegalese Parliament’s decision to postpone national elections. Three protesters were killed last week, including a 16-year-old boy [...]

The Paris court of appeal lightened a one-year prison sentence for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy was facing charges over alleged illegal campaign financing in his 2012 re-election campaign. The court also on affirmed a lower court’s guilty verdict. Vincent Desry, the former president’s attorney, claimed in a press interview Wednesday that Sarkozy was [...]

Bangladesh border services repatriated 330 Myanmar refugees, primarily from Myanmar’s Army and Border Guard Police (BGP), and their family on Thursday. According to local reports, the majority—302 of the 330 refugees—were BGP servicemen. The return was mediated by a five-member BGP delegation led by Myanmar Ambassador U Aung Kyaw Moe. “They were extended makeshift refuge [...]

Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor leading the federal election interference case against former US President Donald Trump, urged the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to deny Trump’s request to extend a stay on trial court proceedings. Trump asked the court to stay trial proceedings on the case before a DC district court on Monday [...]

Kentucky’s Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would automatically transfer children charged with certain violent felonies to adult court. The bill passed the chamber by a vote of 25-9. Senate Bill 20 stated that children age fifteen or older charged with a “Class A, B, or C felony” will face trial as adults if [...]

In the evolving landscape of reproductive rights, the intersectionality of gender identities and abortion rights in India demands critical examination. Recognising the multifaceted challenges faced by transgender individuals in accessing healthcare, this essay explores the imperative for specific legal provisions safeguarding their reproductive autonomy. In a country where societal norms often marginalise transgender communities, the [...]

On Feb. 11, much of the global community marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and Technology. But in Afghanistan, few felt like celebrating. After all, that day was the 874th since girls were banned from attending secondary school studies, and the 415th since universities shut their doors to women. The urgency [...]