Albania’s Court of Appeals upheld a one-year sentence on Thursday that will imprison opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Ervin Salianji during the next election for falsely reporting a crime, after he alleged that the former Minister of Interior Affairs Fatmir Xhafaj had connections to drug trafficking. According to the former Minister of Justice Ylli Manjani, [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a petition on Friday to the US Supreme Court to determine if Pennsylvania’s requirement for voters to include a date on their mail ballot return envelopes violates federal law. The case focuses on whether the state’s mandate requiring voters to manually write a date on their mail [...]

Israeli troops raided Al Jazeera’s offices in the West Bank on Sunday and ordered the bureau to shut down for 45 days amid a widening crackdown on Al Jazeera that began in May. According to Al Jazeera, heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers forcefully entered the network’s building in Ramallah and handed a 45-day closure [...]

Hungary and the Netherlands announced on Thursday that they are requesting an opt-out from EU asylum procedure regulations so that they can maintain control of their own asylum policies. In a post on X, Hungary’s Minister for European Affairs Janos Boka noted that they will take the necessary legal steps, while remaining a committed member [...]

Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) reported on Friday that reporters from at least 13 media outlets in Hong Kong have been subjected to both online and offline harassment as part of a systematic and organized campaign. During a press conference, HKJA chairperson Selina Cheng stated that at least 15 journalists, along with their family members [...]

Algeria’s top court confirmed the victory of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday with state media reporting that the president received 84.3% of the vote, despite claims of fraud from the opposition. Opposition leader Abdelali Hassani Cherif, head of the moderate Islamist party Movement of Society for Peace, legally challenged the vote last week. Cherif was [...]

Afghanistan’s government-in-exile-controlled diplomatic mission in London announced on Sunday that it will close following a request by the UK’s Foreign Office to vacate the building within 20 days. In a post on X, Zalmai Rassoul, the Afghan ambassador for the former government, noted that the mission will officially cease its operations on September 27, thanking [...]

Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro led a political rally on Saturday, Brazil’s Independence Day, amid growing dissent over the suspension of social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in the country. In an Instagram post, Bolsonaro said, “There is no point celebrating our independence if we are deprived of freedom.” He urged Brazilians to stay [...]

Alfred Beleri, a former ethnic Greek mayor of a southern Albanian town, was released ahead of time on Monday, following imprisonment on vote-buying charges, in a case that has strained relations between Greece and Albania. He is currently on probation. His lawyer stated that the court agreed to their request for Beleri to be released [...]

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed concern over the deteriorating security situation, rampant human rights abuses and ongoing political dysfunction in Balochistan on Friday. The commission highlighted a continued pattern of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, citing an alarming lack of government action in holding the perpetrators accountable. Additionally, the HRCP brought attention [...]