The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled on Monday that provincial legislation in the central Canadian province that capped public-sector workers’ wages is unconstitutional. This decision upheld the Ontario Supreme Court’s ruling in November 2023. The court found that the act interfered with represented employees’ rights to negotiate for higher wages, stating, “I am satisfied that [...]

Amnesty International (AI) reported that Russia sentenced 33 Ukrainian soldiers in the Supreme Court of the Luhansk People’s Republic in Russian-occupied Luhansk on Monday for “alleged war crimes.” Russian authorities captured the soldiers as prisoners of war (POWs). Their sentences range from twenty-seven to twenty-nine years. AI reported that Russian authorities prosecuted the POWs for [...]

Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Dr. Yang Hengjun, an Australian writer, to a suspended death sentence on Monday. The sentence can be reduced to a life sentence after two years of good behaviour. Penny Wong, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, expressed that the Australian Government is “appalled” by the decision and that the government [...]

The Belgrade Court of Appeal in Serbia acquitted Friday four ex-members of the former Republic of Yugoslavia security services of the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija. Ćuruvija was a journalist and the owner of the first private daily newspaper in Serbia, Dnevni Telegraf. He was shot and killed outside of his apartment on April 11, [...]

The Constitutional Court of Albania approved on Tuesday a migration agreement with Italy to establish migrant processing centers under Italian jurisdiction in Albania and allow Italy to send migrants rescued by Italian ships at sea to Albania. The centers would jointly accommodate up to 3,000 detained migrants at any given time. According to Human Rights [...]

The Senate of the Czech Republic has voted against ratifying the Istanbul Convention, a convention from the Council of Europe (COE) intended to curb domestic violence and violence against women. Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvořák expressed his frustration with the failed vote Thursday on X (formerly known as Twitter) calling it an “international disgrace.” [...]

At least 27 civilians were killed and 25 injured at a market in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk on Sunday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation released a statement that a market in the suburb of Tekstilshckik was shelled on Sunday, causing civilian fatalities and injuries. The suburb is located less than [...]

A group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advocates and NGOS expressed deep concerns Friday about the mistreatment of children in youth prisons in an open letter to the Victorian government. The advocates called out the Victorian Government’s failure to meet Australia’s obligations to implement safeguards expressed in the UN’s the Optional Protocol to the [...]

The Australian Federal Court dismissed a legal challenge to the construction of a gas export pipeline along the submerged cultural heritage of the Tiwi Nation on Monday. During the hearing, the court dismissed the application and discharged a temporary injunction that had halted gas giant Santos from commencing work in November last year on their [...]

Alexei Navalny brought claims against the Russian Ministry of Justice for his treatment in a Siberian prison when he appeared in court via video link, on Thursday. He appeared from a remote Siberian Penal Colony which he had recently been transferred to. During this transfer, he went “missing” within the penal system for nearly three [...]