The murder of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, remains a mystery. While reports from the CIA suggest that Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, ordered the killing, and the question of Saudi Arabia abusing human rights of those who speak against it has been raised, U.S. has
As of January 2018, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Drug War” has killed over 12,000 people according to the Human Rights Watch. Lawyer Benjamin Ramos was killed on Tuesday, November 6, the 34th lawyer killed under the Duterte administration, which began almost two and a half years ago. It is thought
China has been accused of contributing loans and aid for more influence in the Pacific Islands. On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, argued against the criticism saying, “In providing assistance, China fully respects the will of governments and people of the countries in question…We never interfere in other countries’
Following the seemingly state-sanctioned chemical poisoning of the Skripals, alongside the hacking and manipulation of the 2016 US elections, Russia has yet again come under fire: on October 4, Western allies accused Russian intelligence officers of cyberattacks against various organisations around the world. These cyberattacks were targeted at organisations which challenged
Last month, four people have been arrested for allegedly trafficking babies through two social media platforms: WhatsApp and Instagram. The four apprehended included: the man who managed the Instagram account where the babies were promoted – Alton Phinandita Prianto; the 22-year-old mother of the child who was put up for
A Save the Children press release issued on Tuesday, September 18th has reported that there are an additional one million children at risk of famine in Yemen as a result of the ongoing civil war. According to Save the Children, these additional children bring the total amount at risk of
In light of the gradual 5G network rollout in Australia, the federal government has chosen to ban Chinese networks Huawei and ZTE from participating. This is the latest in the ongoing strained relations between Australia and China, with a Chinese nationalistic tabloid labelling the Australian government as “back stabbers” after
Ecuador has declared a state of emergency in three provinces on Wednesday. This comes as a result of the rapidly increasing number of Venezuelan migrants crossing through neighboring Colombia, who are fleeing from Venezuela’s economic crisis. A state of emergency has been declared “in the provinces of Carchi, Pichincha and
UN member states have released the final draft of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). This comes after the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, which was created in 2016. The new Global Compact focuses on migrants and aims to address migration issues in a
The Rohingyas are an ethnic minority hailing from Myanmar, but in recent years, most have been forced to leave their homes. This relocation has led them to Bangladesh, where they now reside in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. Ongoing persecution of the Rohingyas in Myanmar has dubbed them ‘the
