Hundreds of demonstrators in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi were hit with teargas by police on Tuesday as they protested a nationwide swell in gender-based violence and femicide. Marking Human Rights Day, protestors marched toward Parliament to demand justice for victims and, that authorities hold perpetrators accountable by prioritizing investigations and instituting stronger protection mechanisms. On [...]

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced Tuesday that he would lift martial law and that troops deployed following the shocking declaration would be withdrawn, succumbing to united Parliamentary and public pressure against the declaration. President Yoon declared martial law during a televised address on Tuesday, justifying the drastic measure on the grounds that it [...]

Human Rights Watch on Monday demanded that Ethiopian authorities immediately reverse the suspension of three human rights organizations — the Center for the Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD), the Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia (AHRE) and Lawyers for Human Rights in Ethiopia (LHR) — so that they can freely operate. The respective organizations [...]

Brazilian federal police said on Tuesday that they broke up a criminal organization that plotted to assassinate the president-elect and overthrow the government two years ago. Police said they arrested five suspects who planned to execute the incoming leader and a Supreme Court justice before the January 2023 inauguration. According to the announcement, the operation [...]

The High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, issued an interim order on Sunday allowing emergency personnel access to an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, where illegal miners have been holed up for fear of prosecution, prevented from receiving civilian aid by a police blockade. On the urgent request of the Society for the Protection of our [...]

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon formally apologized before Parliament on Tuesday for decades of abuse in state and faith-based care. During the live-streamed session, Luxon extended a “formal and unreserved apology” to survivors and their families. The prime minister noted his apology was “on behalf of the government to everyone who suffered abuse, harm, [...]

The New Zealand government announced on Monday that new legislation will be introduced to criminalize stalking by the end of the year. A conviction will see offenders facing up to five years in prison. Stalking is currently not a crime under New Zealand’s Crimes Act 1961. With the introduction of the amendment, stalking will be [...]

The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office arrested eight people on Tuesday under suspected membership of a neo-Nazi militant group known as “Sächsische Separatisten” or “Saxon Separatists,” the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a press statement. The arrests were made under Section 129a of the Criminal Code, which prohibits the formation of terrorist organizations dedicated to the [...]

The government of Serbia announced a day of mourning on Saturday after a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad the previous day, killing 14 people. Meanwhile, protesters assembling outside the government building in Belgrade with hands painted red to demand answers about the tragedy amid allegations of corruption and negligence. Deputy Prime Minister and [...]

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 [...]