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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Nigerian authorities on Monday to investigate the detention of journalist Jamil Mabai in Katsina, Nigeria by officials of the Katsina State Hisbah Corps, a religious police force, and hold responsible parties accountable. According to the CPJ, Mabai went to the office of the Katsina State Hisbah Corps to [...]

The resurgence of the Taliban poses renewed threats to the Hazaras, characterized by escalated violence, discrimination, and isolation. The Taliban’s early governance involved the abolition of the Shia Personal Status Law, the removal of Ja’fari jurisprudence from the education system, and the dismissal of Shia judges. Notably, the Taliban’s cabinet and supreme court lack Hazara [...]

On April 14, Iran delivered a calculated response to Israel’s recent attacks, marking the first time the Islamic Republic has struck Israel from its own territory some 1,900 kilometers away. In the 13 days that have passed since Israel’s assault on the consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, tensions in the Middle [...]

X Corp. CEO Elon Musk announced the company received an inquiry from the US House of Representatives. The inquiry aims to look into Musk’s concerns surrounding free speech in Brazil, according to Musk. The Wednesday announcement comes less than a week after Brazil Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes opened a criminal inquiry into [...]

The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered X Corp. (formerly Twitter) to remove certain users from its platform, the social media company announced on Saturday. X’s Global Government Affairs account said that the company was “forced by court decisions to block certain popular accounts in Brazil,” adding that no reason was provided as to why or any [...]

Pouria Zeraati, an Iranian journalist and TV presenter at Iran International, was stabbed on Friday in front of his home in London. The channel’s spokesman, Adam Baillie, reported the journalist was the victim of “heavy death threats” and that Zeraati was “obviously shaken up but making a good recovery.” Iran International is a UK-based channel [...]

South Korean Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-seop resigned on Friday after 25 days in office. Lee is under investigation for his alleged interference in the investigation of Marine Sergeant Choi Su-geun’s death. Upon his resignation, Lee called upon authorities to quickly conduct an investigation and said he would cooperate. Lee claimed that the Corruption Investigation [...]

US federal prosecutors filed a complaint in a New York federal district court Wednesday seeking the forfeiture of two multimillion-dollar Manhattan apartments purchased by former Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold in connection to an alleged money laundering and corruption investigation. The investigation centers around contracts the Erdenet Mining Corporation, a state owned mining company, entered [...]

South Korea’s ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-seop returned to South Korea on Thursday after facing allegations of interference in the investigation of the July 2023 death of Sergeant Choi Su-geun. Lee left South Korea after being appointed as ambassador to Australia in March despite being named as a criminal suspect in the Senior Public Service [...]

The US Supreme Court on Friday denied an anti-affirmative action organization’s emergency application to block the US Military Academy, known as “West Point,” from using race in its admissions process. In September 2023, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), the group that recently won the significant case of SFFA v. Harvard, challenging the constitutionality of race-based [...]