The Rabat Court of First Instance sentenced journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui on Monday to 18 months in prison for defamation against Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahb. The verdict also includes a civil compensation of approximately USD$150,000 to the justice minister. The verdict follows a lawsuit filed in October by justice minister and former secretary-general of [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Ethiopian authorities to implement crucial recommendations to enhance press freedom and ensure journalists’ safety on Monday. In the report, the CPJ concludes five years of research and details significant challenges faced by media professionals in Ethiopia, including arbitrary arrests, physical attacks, and restrictive legal measures. It details instances [...]
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, [...]
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