The South African government has refused to help an estimated 4,000 miners illegally occupying an underground mine in Stilfontein, attempting to “smoke them out” and crack down on illegal mining.   When asked whether the government would be sending any help to the miners still remaining underground, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said, “We are [...]

The Seoul Central District Court on Friday sentenced opposition figure Lee Jae-myung to a suspended one-year prison term for making false statements before the 2022 presidential elections, according to a news release issued by South Korean member of parliament Lee So-young. The court found that Lee Jae-myung violated the Public Official Election Act (POEA) by [...]

Protesters stormed the Parliament of the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia on Friday to challenge a bill that would allow Russians to buy property in the region. Abkhazia President Aslan Bzhania accused protestors of attempting a coup, noting that the government remains in control despite protesters’ seizure of some government buildings. The region’s parliament was [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a letter to the US Senate on Thursday, warning the legislative body that the passage of the Antisemitism Awareness Act may infringe on the right to free speech. In its letter, the ACLU said the definition of antisemitism in the proposed Antisemitism Awareness Act is overly broad and [...]

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator Deanne Criswell and former FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington, alleging civil rights violations in the federal agency’s response to hurricanes Helene and Milton. The back-to-back storms, which hit Florida in late September and early October, have now sparked a [...]

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights released its ruling in the case of Pérez Lucas et al v. Guatemala on Thursday, finding the State responsible for the forced disappearance of four indigenous human rights defenders in 1989. The court determined that Guatemala violated multiple rights under the American Convention on Human Rights when state agents [...]

The daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X filed a civil action Friday against the US, the city of New York, and the estates of various former federal agents for their alleged role in concealing, condoning, and facilitating his assassination in 1965. The family of Malcolm X is represented by noted civil rights attorney Ben [...]

Croatia’s anti-corruption authority, Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK),  on Thursday launched an investigation against the former health minister Vili Beroš, in addition to two other companies, for allegations of corruption through the public health system.  USKOK initiated an investigation against three Croatian citizens on suspicion of participating in a criminal [...]

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a legislative subpoena cannot interfere with an execution scheduled by the judiciary, emphasizing the importance of separation of powers. The ruling centers on the case of Robert Roberson, who was convicted in 2003 of killing his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, through shaken baby syndrome—a diagnosis now widely [...]

The European Commission fined Meta, the parent company of Facebook, $797.72 million euro on Wednesday for abusing its dominant position and breaching EU antitrust rules. The EU opened these proceedings against Meta in 2021 for the anti-competitive advertising model adopted in the operation of Facebook Marketplace. Meta, formerly known as Facebook Inc., owns several social [...]