Lawmakers in Ghana reintroduced the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, a controversial and incredibly restrictive piece of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, to Parliament on Tuesday. Presently, in Ghana, gay sex is punishable by up to three years in prison. The bill is seeking to impose harsher penalties for engaging in consensual same-sex conduct by increasing [...]
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) announced they are investigating whether overseas actors or individuals are responsible for an escalation in antisemitic attacks in the country, in a statement released on Tuesday. The AFP media statement detailed the establishment of Special Operation Avalite to target “high-harm antisemitism” and Operation Ardvarna to target the “display of prohibited [...]
The South African Police Service confirmed the deaths of at least 78 people on Wednesday following the end of a rescue operation at an abandoned mine where miners, cut off from food and water, had been working illegally. The announcement relayed that the bodies of 78 miners had been retrieved, and a total of 246 [...]
Amnesty International on Wednesday denounced the killing of a former Cambodian-French opposition politician in Bangkok, Thailand. Lim Kimya, a former member of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was shot by a gunman on Tuesday, as he arrived in Bangkok. Kimya, a vocal critic of the Cambodian government, was travelling from the Cambodian city of [...]
Five government critics in Angola arbitrarily imprisoned for over a year have been released, Amnesty International reported on Tuesday. Celebrating the release of the wrongfully detained critics, Amnesty International’s deputy regional director for East and Southern Africa, Sarah Jackson, noted, “These five people should never have been locked up. Authorities arrested them solely for exercising [...]
Amnesty International on Monday called upon Chad authorities to “immediately release” the relatives of killed opposition party leader Yaya Dillo Djerou, who remain detained despite being acquitted. The statement urges Chadian authorities to release 10 detained relatives of the Parti Socialiste sans Frontières (PSF) leader. The relatives were acquitted in July following a military assault [...]
Several non-governmental organizations on Tuesday demanded access to Cuban prisons, calling for international support following the death of a man imprisoned for participating in the July 2021 anti-government demonstrations. Several NGOs including Justicia 11J and the Centro de Documentación de Prisiones Cubanas (Cuban Prison Documentation Center), operated by Mexico-based non-profit organization Iniciativa para la Investigación [...]
The New Zealand Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld an appeal by the Attorney General, revising the legal test under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (MACA). The decision effectively lowers the barriers for Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand, to establish customary rights over the use of the foreshore and [...]
Google and Meta Platforms appealed to the Australian Government on Tuesday through written submissions to delay a bill imposing a social media ban for children under 16 years old. In their submissions, both Google and Meta contended the bill should be delayed until the Government’s Age Assurance Trial results are obtained. The Age Assurance Technology [...]
A report released on Monday by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) assessed the human rights situation of Sudanese refugees who have fled to South Sudan. The report documented a series of attacks on civilians by armed actors within Sudan, constituting violations of international law. The report follows the [...]
