A group of South Sudanese lawyers filed a petition on Monday with the Constitutional Court of South Sudan to challenge the decision of the government of President Salva Kiir Mayardit to extend the transitional period by two years and postpone the general elections from December 2024 to December 2026. Speaking to reporters after submitting the [...]
Non-governmental organizations championed by Human Rights Watch released a letter on Monday addressed to the United Nations-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, urging that the Commission look into the killing of Lebanese civilians, including the journalist Issam Abdallah, by the Israeli military in October 2023. Abdallah was [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that it has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Visa for allegedly violating Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act by maintaining a monopoly over debit network markets. Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act prohibit unreasonable restraints of trade and monopolies. The DOJ contended [...]
Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) endorsed an arrest warrant for Argentine President Javier Milei on Monday over the alleged “theft” of a Venezuelan cargo plane confiscated in Buenos Aires and handed over to the United States. On the same day, the Federal Chamber of the City of Buenos Aires ordered the arrest of Venezuelan [...]
Canada’s federal government announced on Monday that it would commit CAD 250mn (USD 186mn) to address the growing problem of encampments and homelessness across Canada. Provinces will be required to match the government’s investment cost to qualify for the grants. The funding builds on the existing Reaching Home program, which aims to allocate $3.7 billion [...]
The former minister of transport of Singapore, S Iswaran pleaded guilty on Tuesday for receiving gifts worth over S $400,000 ( more than US $300,000) while in office and for obstructing the course of justice, local news agency Channel News Asia (CNA) reported. Iswaran faced charges related to his interactions with two Singaporean businessmen, Ong [...]
A coalition of environmental, human rights, and indigenous groups has called on the EU to designate Malaysia’s Sarawak state as “high risk” under its new anti-deforestation law. This comes as the EU prepares to implement the Deforestation-Free Products Regulation (EUDR) in January 2025, which aims to curb imports linked to deforestation and human rights abuses. [...]
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Sunday during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly’s Summit of the Future an ambitious initiative to create a Bektashi sovereign state within the heart of Tirana. Speaking from the prestigious hall where global leaders convene, Rama emphasized the importance of this initiative in promoting religious tolerance and [...]
Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour announced on Monday that a recent amnesty order dismissed his three-year prison sentence. He shared the news on Instagram, stating, “A series of amnesties has been launched and my case was amongst them, all charges have been dropped.” Initially sentenced in March 2023 for “inciting unrest” after his song “Baraye” became the [...]
Non-profit Indigenous advocacy group First Light has released a report finding that the Newfoundland and Labrador government has made limited progress on many of the calls to action set out by the National Center of Truth and Reconciliation (TRC). The report highlights alleged shortcomings in the province’s efforts to fulfill calls to action related to [...]
