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 [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Türkiye’s pre-trial detainment of political activist Kamuran Yüksek violated his right to liberty, security, and freedom of expression. Yüksek alleged that Türkiye had violated Article 5(1) and (3) (right to liberty and security) and Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human [...]

Tanzanian opposition leader Aisha Machano is in serious condition after being abducted and beaten on Sunday, according to a statement by the opposition party CHADEMA. The party said that Machano was picked up by motorcyclists after being left in the Kibiti wilderness. Machano was admitted to Mwananyamala Regional Hospital for her injuries before being discharged. [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced the foundation of the New Global Alliance to End Statelessness in a press release on Tuesday. The project marks the collaborative efforts of more than 100 states, civil society organizations, stateless-led entities, academics and others to “confine statelessness to the history books”. The Global Alliance seeks [...]