The United Services Union (Ver.di) Saturday announced that it has reached a bargaining agreement with the German government for over 2.5 million workers in the federal and public services. The agreement comes after a lengthy dispute for pay raises in reponse to high inflation, which reached 7.4 percent in March. The agreement stipulates that employees [...]

The Scottish government announced Wednesday that it will ask the judiciary to review the UK government’s decision to veto the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The legal challenge is against Scottish Secretary of State Alister Jack’s veto of the bill by using Section 35 of the Scotland Act, stopping the bill from receiving Royal Assent [...]

Attorneys for jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich Monday appealed his arrest on charges of espionage in a Russian court. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, is currently being held in a Russian detention facility on espionage charges after being arrested by the Russian Federal Security Service on March 29 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. His arrest has [...]

UK charity organisation Refugee Action Thursday reported that the UK’s asylum housing system is “cruel by design,” and outlined the poor conditions and systems of racialised segregation towards the asylum seekers. The report chronicles one hundred interviews with asylum seekers situated in hotels in London, Manchester, West Midlands and Bradford. According to the report, asylum [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday said that the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) should utilise the approved World Cup Qatar 2022 Legacy Fund to compensate victims of human rights abuses related to the 2022 World Cup. FIFA came under worldwide scrutiny and condemnation for its exploitation of labor protection laws in Qatar during the [...]

The United States uses sanctions to expand its jurisdiction abroad in violation of fundamental rights, United Nations Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan said on Thursday. In a statement published by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHC), Douhan said the US imposes sanctions upon entities in the absence of universal jurisdiction. She [...]

The Supreme Court of India Thursday ordered the investigation into the Adani Group in the matter of Vishal Tiwari v Union of India and Others following an accusation of business malpractice. This follows a research report published by Hindenburg, which chronicles a two-year investigation into Gautam Adani and alleged stock manipulation. In its ruling, the [...]

The Council of the European Union Saturday imposed additional sanctions and measures against the Russia-affiliated Wagner paramilitary group for human rights abuses taking place in their areas of operation. This follows previous EU sanctions against the Wagner Group introduced in 2021 over the group’s alleged human rights violations. The Wagner group is a Russian private [...]

Commissioner Paul Rouleau of the Public Order Emergency Commission Friday released a report determining that the Canadian federal government’s usage of unprecedented emergency powers under the Emergency Powers Act to end the “Freedom Convoy” trucker protest that effectively occupied Canada’s capital for two weeks in February 2022 was justified. The report, however, states that the emergency powers [...]

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) of the United Kingdom Wednesday confirmed in a press release that the Labour Party made changes to address breaches of the Equality Act 2010. These changes are stipulated in the Labour Party’s agreed-upon action plan. The changes follow a legal notice the EHRC served to the party for [...]