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A South Korean advocacy group released a report on Thursday noting that more than 100 North Koreans have gone missing after trying to defect. The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) published their findings as a part of their mapping project for North Korea. TJWG held interviews with 62 North Koreans who fled their country and [...]

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) set out on Wednesday to work directly with Indonesia’s Palm Oil Industry in order to combat corruption in the country. This comes after the UNODC organized a workshop to bring together different private and public actors, such as the Indonesian Palm Oil Association and the National Corruption [...]

Canada’s Office of the Special Interlocutor concluded Tuesday that the Indigenous children who died and were buried at residential schools are not missing but were systematically disappeared, urging the government to make reparations. Kimberly Murray outlined 42 legal, moral, and ethical obligations for governments, churches, and other institutions to address the dark chapter in Canadian [...]

The High Court of Malaysia decided on Wednesday that the prosecution gathered sufficient evidence to proceed with the trial of former prime minister Mohammad Najib Razak. The court also ruled that Najib Razak must take the stand to defend himself against charges of abuse of power and money laundering related to the mismanagement of the [...]

A United Nations Fact-Finding Mission reported Tuesday that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have committed extensive sexual violence against civilians. The report highlights what it describes as “staggering” levels of abuse, with victims aged from eight up to 75 years old. According to the report, victims were targeted based on gender and [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Tuesday urging authorities in Burkina Faso to investigate following the August 24 attack on civilians by the armed group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM). The attack, which occurred at a military trench digging site in the village of Barsalogho, left casualties of over 133 dead and 200 [...]

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainee Affairs, a Palestinian prisoner rights organization, and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club reported in statements on Monday that Israeli prison staff had brutally assaulted Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian political leader and member of the Central Committee of Fatah. During a visit to Megiddo prison, Marwan Barghouti’s lawyer learned of the [...]

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a civil lawsuit against Elon Musk and his America PAC on Monday. The lawsuit alleges that the PAC’s petition, with an offer to pay some Pennsylvania registered voters who sign $1 million, amounts to an illegal lottery. In the complaint, Krasner argues that this petition violates the State Lottery [...]

The UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, expressed concern on Saturday over severe human rights violations committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), after the Sudan Doctors Network and the United Nations confirmed major attacks launched by the paramilitary group. The attacks were committed in Sudan’s Al Jazirah State between October 20 and 25. [...]

Deputy executive director of UNICEF Ted Chaiban on Friday called for more international attention to the “forgotten crisis” in Sudan amid the country’s civil war. In a joint statement with UNHCR assistant high commissioner for operations Raouf Mazou, Chaiban noted the massive displacement and damage caused by the war being fought between the Sudanese Armed [...]