California announced on Sunday the unofficial result that voters in the state have rejected Proposition 6, which would have amended the state constitution to bar state prisons from forcing inmates to work. Currently, if prisoners refuse to work, it is legal for prisons to impose disciplinary measures. The ballot measure was rejected by a margin [...]

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday urged FIFA to halt the bidding process for World Cup 2034 unless Saudi Arabia conducts major human rights reforms. The human rights organization also demands a more credible human rights strategy for the 2030 World Cup in Morocco, Spain and Portugal. Several human rights and sports organizations have already demonstrated [...]

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have allegedly been targeting civilians in Gezira state, including unlawfully detaining, injuring, killing and raping local residents, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on Sunday. HRW has called for the UN  to deploy a mission to Sudan, in order to protect civilians. HRW criticized the UN [...]

On Sunday, the Arizona Supreme Court denied a voter rights groups’ emergency petition to extend the deadline to fix mail-in ballot issues for the 2024 US general election. The last day for voters to correct inconsistent signatures was on Sunday. The voters rights groups claimed that administrative issues prevented 350,000 voters from having time to [...]

The military of Burkina Faso stated on Sunday that the army has opened an investigation into a video that appears to show individuals in military uniforms mutilating a corpse. The army stated it has mobilized competent services to verify the authenticity of this video so as to make the wrongdoers accountable. After reviewing the 81-second [...]

The New Zealand government announced on Monday that new legislation will be introduced to criminalize stalking by the end of the year. A conviction will see offenders facing up to five years in prison. Stalking is currently not a crime under New Zealand’s Crimes Act 1961. With the introduction of the amendment, stalking will be [...]

Dutch police detained more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters on Sunday after they defied a demonstration ban in Amsterdam, following clashes between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam soccer fans last week. The Amsterdam District Court upheld the mayor’s decision to ban protests in the city after the altercation between the fans. Despite the ban, hundreds [...]

A military court in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Friday charged Anton Sopov, 21, and Stanslav Rau, 28, with murder, and sentenced them bot to life in prison for their killing of a sleeping family in Ukraine, according to the local newspaper Kommersant. The men entered the home of the Kapkanets family in Volnovakha, [...]

Ecuador’s Vice President Veronica Abad has been suspended for 150 days following accusations of “unjustified abandonment” of her duties. This action, effective from midnight on Saturday, represents a significant development in the escalating tensions within Ecuador’s government leadership. The suspension comes amid Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ allegations that Abad defied an order to temporarily relocate [...]

An interim report from a commission led by retired state High Court judge Michael D’Cunha in India’s Karnataka on Sunday recommended the prosecution of former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa and former health minister B. Sriramulu for alleged corruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, submitted to the Karnataka government on August 31, details extensive financial irregularities [...]