The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) praised the High Court of Malawi’s unanimous decision on Monday to decriminalize the former offense of defamation. CPJ spokesperson Muthoki Mumo said: Malawi’s Constitutional Court has taken a monumental step towards protecting press freedom and affirmed that criticism and dissent are essential to democracy by ruling criminal defamation to [...]
Amnesty International (AI) released a report on Monday charging that the Venezuelan government is using a systemic campaign of enforced disappearances to persecute political opponents. The report follows 15 people who disappeared between the July 2024 election and June 2025, 11 of whom still have their whereabouts unknown. Those detained were predominantly critics of the [...]
The Hong Kong Legislative Council passed a law on Wednesday that bans anyone convicted of a national security offense from forming or holding a leadership position within a union. The new law amends the Trade Union Ordinance, introducing a lifetime ban on union organizing for national security offenders. This includes both holding a leadership position [...]
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its annual “State of the World Population” report Tuesday, revealing how social and economic barriers affect global fertility decline. The report, titled “The Real Fertility Crisis: The pursuit of reproductive agency in a changing world,” collected research from 14 countries that together represent over a third of the [...]
Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to renew its arms embargo against South Sudan. The embargo is a part of a series of sanctions that have been in place since 2015, stemming from human rights abuses carried out during the civil war. Both sides of the conflict have been implicated in [...]
The Constitutional Court of Romania unanimously decided on Thursday to reject opposition candidate George Simion’s request to annul the results of the recent election. The former mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan, was confirmed as the winner of the May 18 election and is to be sworn in on Monday, ending a long and tumultuous campaign [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) sided with Equatorial Guinea on Monday in a decades-long maritime boundary dispute with Gabon concerning three islands and their potentially oil-rich waters. The ICJ ruled that Equatorial Guinea has sovereignty over the islands and the surrounding waters pursuant to the 1900 Treaty of Paris between France and Spain, and [...]
Amnesty International (AI) said in a press release on Tuesday that Kenyan women working as domestic laborers in Saudi Arabia face extreme exploitation amounting to slavery and human trafficking The press release summarizes a 50-page report AI released the previous day, detailing the inhumane treatment of the women by their employers. Domestic workers are forced [...]
The European Commission announced Monday that the EU will end its reliance on Russian energy exports, citing security concerns. This announcement coincided with the release of the REPowerEU Roadmap, which serves as a follow-up to 2022’s REPowerEU Plan. The 2022 plan was launched in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and marked a commitment to [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on Thursday rejected Ontario’s request for an appeal on a landmark case concerning Canada’s climate policy. The SCC’s refusal to hear the appeal was celebrated by activist groups, as it affirms the Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling that the province’s climate policy is subject to the constitution, and paves [...]
