Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby announced his resignation on Tuesday following an independent review that found significant failings in the Church of England’s handling of abuse allegations against volunteer John Smyth. Smyth, who operated at Christian summer camps in the UK, Zimbabwe and South Africa, was accused of physically, sexually and psychologically abusing over 100 [...]

The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Guerrero (FGEGuerrero), the Mexican Army, and the National Guard of Mexico arrested a former prosecutor on Tuesday for the murder of Alejandro Arcos Catalán, the municipal president of Chilpancingo de los Bravo, capital of the Mexican state of Guerrero. An arrest warrant was served for Gérman Reyes [...]

The results of a survey of 5,436 people who experienced sexual assault between July 2023 and June 2024 were released on Tuesday. It revealed that only 1/10 would report a sexual assault to the police should it occur again, despite approximately 80 percent having reported the first incident. Furthermore, 73 percent reported worsened mental health [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, condemned the Philippines on Monday for depriving a journalist of her right to a fair trial without delay. Khan urged the authorities to resolve her case promptly. Frenchie Mae Cumpio, now a 25-year-old investigative journalist, appeared before the Tacloban City Regional Court that day [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit challenging two Kentucky abortion bans for violating the state’s constitutional right to privacy and self-determination. The case concerns two different abortion bans. The first “six-week ban,” under the state’s statute section 311.7706, prohibits doctors from terminating pregnancy if there is a detectable fetal [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear the final appeal of former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows to transfer his charges in the Georgia election interference case to federal court. Meadows argued in his request to the court that his previous appeals were erroneously rejected. The petitions to the district court [...]

Thousands of opposition supporters were joined by EU officials at a rally on Monday in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, protesting against the ruling party’s victory. The protesters allege that the elections were rigged in favor of Georgian Dream (GD) with support from Russia and demand new elections under international observation. European observers have challenged the election as [...]

A coalition of major French newspapers announced legal action against social media company X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, alleging that the platform has been using their journalistic content without proper compensation. The lawsuit, filed by several prominent French media outlets, including Le Figaro, Le Monde and Le Parisien, accuses X of exploiting articles and headlines [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the entry into force of a Louisiana law that would require all public classrooms in the state to prominently display the Ten Commandments. The ruling came in response to a motion by plaintiffs to enjoin state authorities from enforcing the law, which had been set to take [...]

The Supreme Court of India delivered a verdict condemning the practice known as “bulldozer justice,” local media reported Sunday. The apex court of India categorically denounced unlawful demolitions as “unacceptable,” highlighting their disproportionate impact on marginalized communities, especially Muslims. The Supreme Court’s verdict arose from a case involving the demolition of a house in the state [...]