The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) on Thursday expressed deep concern over the government’s disregard for the constitution, independent oversight organizations, and civil society. In a press statement issued during the Fourth Civic Space Protection Summit, KHRC condemned what it described as a culture of impunity within the state and urged Gilbert Masengeli, the immediate-former [...]

Thirty-four Tunisian lawmakers submitted a bill on Friday seeking to amend the country’s election oversight mechanisms by removing the independent Administrative Court’s ability to rule on electoral disputes. This proposal comes ahead of the presidential election scheduled for October 6, 2024, and aims to shift jurisdiction to the general appellate courts for election result challenges. [...]

Amnesty International on Friday called for an international investigation into simultaneous explosions across Lebanon and Syria which killed at least 37 people, including 12 civilians, and injured over 2,931. The rights group highlighted that the use of explosive devices in civilian areas constitutes an indiscriminate attack, breaching international humanitarian law. Amnesty International deputy director for [...]

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the death penalty remains constitutional for serious offenses, including murder. However, the court ordered the government to amend criminal procedures within two years to better protect the right to life. The case challenged the constitutionality of the death penalty for intentional homicide and killings linked to other crimes [...]

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship had not been verified can now vote in state and local elections, which could significantly impact key state ballot measures and tight legislative races. Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer, writing for the court, said: “We are unwilling on these facts to [...]

Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts sentenced activist Chu Kai-pong to 14 months in prison on Thursday for sedition, according to local media. Chu was convicted on Monday upon pleading guilty to one count of sedition under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. He is the first to be convicted under the new ordinance. Magistrate Victor [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday vacated a preliminary injunction that had blocked key provisions of Arizona’s contentious Senate Bill 1260, resulting in the reinstatement of Arizona’s 2022 voter registration and mail-in voting laws which were intended to increase election security. The ruling reinstates two critical elements of the legislation: [...]

A local Kentucky sheriff has been taken into custody on murder charges following the fatal shooting of District Judge Kevin Mullins on Thursday. Judge Mullins, who had served for fifteen years, was shot several times in his chambers.  A preliminary investigation by Kentucky police identified Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines as the primary suspect. [...]

Israel has submitted its official challenge to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the legality of the requests for arrest warrants by ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, according to a press statement by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Friday. According [...]

Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to pay a daily fine of R$5 million ($900,000 USD) on Thursday following the platform’s failure to comply with the court’s order to suspend its operation in Brazil. The decision comes after Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) reported an update to X’s application that provided [...]