Zambia’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that former President Edgar Lungu is ineligible to run for another term in office. The decision follows Lungu’s announcement of his return to active politics last year, sparking debate over his eligibility under Zambia’s constitutional term limits. The court found that Lungu, president from 2015 to 2021, had already [...]

The Nicaraguan Human Rights Collective “Nunca Más” reported on Tuesday that at least 229 individuals detained in the country for political reasons have endured various forms of torture and other acts that could be classified as “crimes against humanity” over the past seven years. The report highlights allegations of physical and psychological torture, arbitrary detention, [...]

The US government unsealed an indictment Monday charging two former high-ranking officials of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence with war crimes. The indictment accuses Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud of cruel and inhuman treatment, including the torture of detainees, some of whom were US citizens, at the Mezzeh military airbase prison in Damascus. The [...]

Environmental organization Greenpeace announced Tuesday that it reached a settlement with British-Dutch oil and gas company Shell, which had sued the group over a protest. The legal dispute stemmed from an incident in 2023 when Greenpeace activists boarded a Shell oil production vessel to demonstrate against fossil fuel extraction and its environmental impact. Shell brought [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report on Tuesday detailing allegations of widespread human rights abuses committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s South Kordofan state. The report documents a pattern of violence in the towns of Habila and Fayu between December 2023 and March 2024, including the killing of scores of civilians, [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement on Monday calling on the Argentine government to refrain from appointing Supreme Court justices through presidential decree. HRW emphasized that judicial appointments should prioritize candidates’ qualifications, experience, diversity, and integrity to uphold the judiciary’s independence and impartiality. The organization’s appeal comes amidst heightened scrutiny of Argentina’s judicial system [...]

The Zimbabwe High Court ruling made public on Tuesday said that the country’s existing legal prohibitions on abortion services for women raped by their husbands and for girls under the age of 18 violate constitutional rights. The legal challenge focused on Zimbabwe’s Termination of Pregnancy Act (1977), which strictly regulates abortion, allowing it only under [...]

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a South African opposition party, brought a case to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday seeking to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The proceedings relate to allegations stemming from the “Farmgate” scandal, which involves claims that Ramaphosa concealed a burglary at his private game farm in 2020 and failed [...]

Abdellatif Jouahri, governor of Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, announced on Tuesday that a draft law regulating cryptocurrencies is undergoing adoption. The draft law will seek to clarify and oversee cryptocurrency activities in Morocco, balancing innovation with financial stability and consumer protection. Jouahri emphasized that the central bank has been working on the legislation in [...]

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a directive formally lowering the threshold for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, a move widely seen as a response to the recent policy shift by US President Joe Biden on the missile supply to Ukraine. Under the new policy, Russia’s military could potentially deploy nuclear weapons in response to [...]