Several human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, demonstrated concerns on Monday over a “flawed” human rights assessment of Saudi Arabia’s FIFA 2034 World Cup bid. The 11 organizations issued a joint communication including a list of concerns regarding the human rights assessment from AS&H Clifford Chance, a Saudi law firm. This assessment was published in [...]
Georgia President Salome Zurabishvili and opposition parties questioned the results of the country’s parliamentary election on Saturday. The election declared the pro-Russia ruling party Georgia Dream (GD) as the winner with opponents labelling the election illegitimate amid criticism from international observers that alleges violence, voter intimidation, breach of vote secrecy and obstruction of vote observers. [...]
Israel’s parliament voted to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Monday. The UNRWA is a body that has been crucial in delivering aid and services to millions of Palestinian refugees for nearly 80 years. The move carries potentially dire consequences for the Palestinian population [...]
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a civil lawsuit against Elon Musk and America PAC on Monday. The lawsuit alleges that the petition, with an offer to pay Pennsylvania registered voters, amounts to illegal lottery. In the complaint, Krasner argues that this petition violates the State Lottery Law by organizing an unauthorized lottery. In addition, [...]
Virginia elections officials filed an emergency application to stay with the US Supreme Court Monday, requesting the court restore a state program that would remove 1,600 individuals from state voter lists. The request comes immediately following the US Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit’s refusal to revive the program on Sunday. In their application to [...]
In this piece Chris Blackburn, Communications Director of the European Bangladesh Forum and co-founder of Global Friends of Afghanistan, highlights the severe human rights abuses in Pakistan, including the misuse of blasphemy laws and the repression of political movements and activists, and calls for international actions such as Pakistan’s suspension from the Commonwealth to pressure [...]
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, expressed concern over severe human rights violations committed by the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Saturday, after the Sudan Doctors Network and the United Nations confirmed major attacks launched by the paramilitary group. The attacks were committed in Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State between October 20 [...]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen denounced Russia’s alleged hybrid cyberattacks attacks against European democracies on Saturday, stating that the EU is constantly fighting misinformation. The statement comes a week after von der Leyen accused Russia of interfering with Moldova’s narrowly approved vote on joining the EU. On Saturday she stated that “it is [...]
The government of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe extended a territory-wide curfew on Saturday, applying from 7PM until 6AM, after a strike by workers at the EDF-PEI power plant shut down the island’s electricity supply on Friday. The power plant at Pointe Jarry, is run by the Insular Electricity Production unit of national utility [...]
A Louisiana judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday barring state police from further sweeps of the homeless in New Orleans. The order requires the Louisiana State Police, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to not destroy or dispose of unhoused people’s property without judicial process. [...]
