The Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, announced on Thursday their adoption of decision number 8371, which bans religious organizations who have colluded with armed aggressors from operating within the state. This appears to be aimed at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has been accused of collaborating with Russia. More than 250 members of parliament [...]

A Lisbon, Portugal court issued a verdict on Friday that directed Mamadou Ba, a prominent advocate against racism in Portugal, to pay a significant fine of 2,400 euros, as reported by local media. The judgment found Ba guilty of defaming Mario Machado, a well-known neo-Nazi activist in the country. In his social media posts, Ba [...]

The UK Department of Education announced on Friday that it was introducing minimum service levels for schools to limit the amount of teacher strikes. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said that she invited the National Education Union (NEU) to discuss a mutual agreement regarding the minimum service levels. Keegan says if no voluntary agreement can be [...]

Slovenia announced temporary border controls with Croatia and Hungary on Saturday, citing increased security concerns, as reported by Slovenia’s state media organization STA. The border controls are set to be in effect for at least 10 days. The measure follows Italy’s decision to do the same at its border with Slovenia. The Slovenian government cited [...]

The Federal Police of Brazil announced on Friday that they arrested two intelligence agency officials as part of an action called “Operation Last Mile,” which aims investigate the abuse of geolocation systems for mobile devices without judicial authorization by the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin). According to the statement, the federal police also carried out 25 [...]

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vetoed multiple articles of Bill 2903/2023 on Friday, which aimed to define management rules and establish a time frame for the demarcation of indigenous lands. Bill 2903/2023, initially proposed as PL 490/2007, was approved by the Federal Senate on September 27. The bill’s controversial provisions included the establishment [...]

A Delhi Sessions Court observed on Wednesday that continuous seizure of editors’ and journalists’ electronic devices not only causes ‘undue hardship’ to them but “impinges upon their fundamental right of freedom of profession and speech,” according to The Wire.  This comes in light of the Delhi Police’s seizure of The Wire’s electronic devices, which had [...]

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution renewing sanctions, an arms embargo, a travel ban and an asset freeze on Haiti. These measures were initially adopted in October 2022 to address the increasing gang violence, criminal activity and deteriorating political, economic, human rights and humanitarian situation in the country. Under [...]

The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to block a district court ruling that a Missouri law that attempts to invalidate federal firearm law within the state is unconstitutional. Missouri applied to Justice Brett Kavanaugh to stay the lower court ruling. Justice Clarence Thomas noted in the order that he would have granted the application to [...]

The Supreme Court of India overturned the conviction of a woman sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of her new born child Thursday, holding that a woman could not be compelled to reveal matters relating to her private reproductive choices. The case concerned an incident occurring in 2004, in the central Indian state [...]