The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have been committing mass sexual violence and perpetrating sex slavery in South Kordofan state since September 2023, according to a report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday. The findings expose a grim pattern of targeted violence, predominantly against women and girls, that HRW says [...]

The Constitutional Court of South Korea commenced its review on Monday of the parliamentary impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The proceedings follow Yoon’s controversial declaration of martial law on December 3, which sparked public outrage and allegations of insurrection and abuse of power. The court announced it will hold its first preparatory hearing on [...]

On December 7, Ghana held its presidential and parliamentary elections as mandated by the 1992 Constitution, which requires national elections to be conducted every four years. While Ghana is constitutionally a multi-party state, its political landscape has long been dominated by two parties: the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Power [...]

Former prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been implicated in enforced disappearances in Bangladesh, according to a provisional interim government-ordered report by the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances released to local media on Saturday. The report also implicated a number of units of the Bangladesh Police including the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Detective [...]

On Friday, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (ABC) agreed to pay $15 million to a “presidential foundation and museum” for US president-elect Donald Trump as a settlement for Trump’s defamation lawsuit. ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos interviewed Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) on March 10, after she endorsed Trump for the presidency. Stephanopoulos questioned how Mace as [...]

Prosecutors said on Sunday that they plan to issue a second summons for South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol after he failed to comply with a first one in the midst the investigation into his short-lived declaration of martial law. According to local media, prosecutors issued a summons on December 11 for the president to [...]

Refugees International, an independent human rights organization that advocates for displaced people, called on the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday to end its partnership with the UAE until the state ceases its support for armed actors in Sudan. The organization expressed concern that such a partnership of the Association could make it complicit with [...]

The Fukuoka High Court ruled that Japan’s current policy against same-sex marriage is discriminatory and unconstitutional on Friday. This marks the third time a High Court in the country has declared the ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, and this ruling specifically calls on the government to undertake necessary legal reforms. In this case, three couples [...]

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on Sunday addressed the urgent need for immediate humanitarian assistance and support for the Syrian people in the wake of the Assad regime’s fall upon his arrival in Damascus. In a statement underscoring the profound changes and the challenges ahead, Pedersen stressed that the international community must [...]

Switzerland’s Federal Council announced Friday that it is proposing a ban on Nazi symbols following a rise in antisemitism. In a press release, the Council said that it is opening a consultation on a new law that will first consider Nazi symbols but may extend a ban other extremist symbols in the future. According to [...]