The Pakistan accountability court postponed on Monday the verdict on the Al-Qadir Trust case against Pakistani politician and former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife until January 13. It is the third time that the court has deferred the verdict, which was scheduled to be announced on December 23, 2024, and then on January [...]

The monitoring group Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) reported Monday that at least 31 women were executed  in the country in 2024, which marks the highest annual toll since the group began tracking executions in the Islamic Republic 17 years ago. The report found that between 2010 and 2024, at least 241 women were executed in Iran. [...]

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared in court on Monday over allegations of receiving illegal funding from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign. New evidence, including testimony from former Libyan officials, was presented in the hearing, local media outlet L’Union reported. The witnesses allege that Gaddafi personally approved the payments to [...]

The approval of establishment of a hybrid special tribunal in The Gambia represents a significant development in the field of transitional justice, offering a potential model for other nations grappling with legacies of human rights abuses. This innovative mechanism, blending elements of international and domestic justice systems, aims to address the widespread violations committed during [...]

US President Joe Biden issued two memoranda on Monday to prohibit new offshore drilling within three ocean and coastal regions, compromising over 625 million acres. One of the memoranda includes the withdrawal of the entire eastern US Atlantic coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico as well as the Pacific Coast along California, Oregon and [...]

Despite freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall, hundreds of South Koreans gathered overnight on Sunday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in Hannam-dong, Seoul, demanding his arrest and imprisonment. The National Assembly impeached Yoon with 204 votes in favor, surpassing the two-thirds majority of 300 lawmakers, 11 days after Yoon declared martial law [...]

The European Commission published a press release on Friday outlining its new Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive, which entered into application at the end of December 2024. The new directive aims to produce effective national measures that promote gender equality among companies’ administrative and oversight boards. Micro, small and medium sized enterprises will not [...]

Authorities evacuated Ecuadorian former vice president Jorge Glas from prison on Sunday following a series of incidents in La Roca maximum security facility in Guayaquil. Sources confirmed incidents at La Roca, as prisoners mutinied and burned both mattresses and newspapers. This was allegedly done in an attempt against the ex-vice president’s life. The National Service [...]

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it had facilitated the departure of a former Israeli soldier from Brazil after legal action was initiated against him for war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The action was confirmed on Sunday by the Israeli army radio. The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a complaint with the Brazilian authorities against Yuval [...]

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said on Saturday that they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 Myanmar immigrants, who the authority believed to be Muslim Rohingya refugees. MMEA director-general Rear Admiral Datuk Mohd Rosli Abdullah said the operation followed an interception on Friday of two boats attempting to illegally enter Pantai Teluk [...]