America’s 2020 presidential election is currently underway. 270 votes are required to determine which candidate will become president and move forward with the electoral process. However, Joe Biden, the current leading candidate, has earned only 264 electoral votes at the time of this writing. (His opponent has only 214 votes.)
On Monday, October 19th, the Netherlands promised to compensate the children of any Indonesian citizen killed through summary execution by Dutch soldiers during the Indonesian War of Independence. Any children that can credibly prove their relation to a victim and confirm that his death was a result of execution are
On October 22, 2020, Poland’s highest court, The Polish Constitutional Court, placed further bans on the already very severe and unjust abortion laws in the country. The Tribunal has banned women’s access to abortions on the ground of “severe and irreversible fetal defect or incurable illness that threatens the fetus’
The “Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” will come into effect 90 days from now. Honduras was the decisive 50th country to ratify the treaty which allowed the treaty to be enacted into international law. It is the first legally binding agreement on the international prohibition of nuclear weapons.
Reporting from the BBC into the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, in their dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, has shed light on the emergence of two videos documenting Azerbaijani soldiers potentially carrying out a war crime: capturing and killing two Armenian soldiers. Azerbaijan has denied their involvement and has stated
First Nations in Canada face greater food insecurity as climate change threatens traditional food systems in our northern regions, a new report by Human Rights Watch shows. First Nations communities in Canada’s north have a rich history of hunting and living off the land as their diets would depend on
A new report from the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has slammed ASEAN for its “lack of leadership, structural shortcomings and a failure to grasp the full gravity of rights abuses,” when addressing the events unfolding in Myanmar. The Rohingya are an ethnic minority in Myanmar, differing from
On Wednesday, October 21st, the European Parliament sent out a resolution (adopted by 641 votes in favour, 5 against and 47 abstentions) insisting on greater European commitment to nuclear non-proliferation. This resolution was aimed to address the many ambiguities currently associated with international nuclear arms security. Chief among what was outlined
During a recent press conference, American national intelligence director, John Ratcliffe, and FBI Director, Christopher Ware, stated that Russia and Iran have acquired information on some voters’ registrations and are attempting to undermine confidence in the upcoming election to increase social unrest. Iran has sent incorrect information to voters, such
