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Amnesty International called on Mozambican authorities to end attacks on protesters and journalists during nationwide demonstrations after it was announced that Daniel Chapo and the ruling party Frente de Libertação de Moçambique won the country’s general elections on October 9. Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: Mozambique’s authorities must [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

At least 11 people were killed and dozens more injured after security forces used live bullets and tear gas during post-election protests on Friday in Mozambique, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday. Some victims were as young as one year old, while others were struck by stray bullets inside their [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that the extension of a formal agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China should aim to facilitate human rights and the immediate freedom of “forcibly disappeared Catholic bishops” in China. A Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic regarding the appointment [...]

Local police and the FBI are conducting an investigation following the detonation of incendiary devices in two ballot dropboxes early Monday morning, which damaged hundreds of ballots in Washington and Oregon. Authorities have assured the public that all affected individuals will have the opportunity to recast their votes. In Washington, voters are being encouraged to [...]

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD) reported escalating violence in Mozambique on Monday, where police have killed at least 11 people and injured dozens more during post-election protests. Since holding general elections on October 9, the country has been engulfed in widespread protests rejecting the [...]

The government of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe extended a territory-wide curfew on Saturday, applying from 7 PM through 6 AM, 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 [...]

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. [...]

The national police force of Bolivia announced that they had arrested 44 protesters on Friday, after demonstrators set up more than 20 roadblocks on highways across the country to prevent the arrest of former president Evo Morales. The Bolivian police accused protestors of committing various crimes, including attacks on transportation security, usurpation of functions, criminal [...]