Amidst Delhi’s rain and cold, India’s farmers continue their protest against the central government’s agricultural laws. The movement, which commenced in November reached a violent showdown on January 26th, which marked 72 years since India’s Constitution was adopted. While the Indian prime minister was saluting his officers and the latest
On Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021, over 1,000 refugees seeking asylum in Malaysia were sent back to Myanmar on three military ships. Just a few hours earlier, the Kuala Lumpur High Court had granted a stay for the migrants after Amnesty International and Asylum Request applied to suspend the deportation plan
New head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala requested tripling of COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing on March 1st, 2021. According to Reuters, she urged pharmaceutical companies to boost production so that developing countries can effectively combat the virus. “People are dying in poor countries,” says the WTO chief, who
In a unprecedented move, the Biden administration has released a CIA intelligence report on the murder of Washington Post Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, that reveals Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s role in the murder of the journalist. The declassified report concludes that an operation to capture or kill Khashoggi was
On February 22nd, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, chaired a United Nations Security Council meeting on climate security. The purpose of the meeting was to determine “links between climate change and conflict and prevention measures.” According to Reuters, in 2011, the council adopted a statement expressing
On February 12, a coalition of human rights organizations and lawyers (including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists) wrote an open letter to the U.S. to drop the case against Wikileaks cofounder Julian Assange. While it was hoped that the new Biden administration would drop
The National Union of People’s Lawyers (N.U.P.L.) in the Philippines has recorded over 50 killings of lawyers and judges they say are “prima facie related to their work,” (“prima facie” meaning based on the first impression, or assumed correct until disproven) according to a statement reported by ABS-CBN News. On
On 16 February, Mexico’s Senate approved an amendment to the country’s General Law for Women’s Access to Life Free from Violence by including disability as one of the elements prosecutors and courts must assess when deciding to grant protection to women victimized by violence. The new revision to the law
The U.K. Conservative Party under Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that all migrant communities living in Britain will be eligible for receiving coronavirus vaccinations, which are currently being distributed across the country. The government reassured those individuals―regardless of their present citizenship status―that coming forward for the vaccine wouldn’t jeopardize their
On the 30th of December, authorities in the Guangdong province of China convicted 24 citizens for discussing and posting personal information about Xi Jinping’s family online. While Chinese authorities handed out varying sentences to all individuals involved, one citizen in particular has been painted as the “primary offender” and has
On Monday, February 15th, 2021, Sergei Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia, put blame on the European Union for severing ties with Russia. He accused the alliance of countries of severing communications with Russia. Ties with the Union had been tense since after the Cold War. However, more recently, they
Incensed by racist and xenophobic rhetoric championed by Former President Donald Trump, there have been countless cases of hate crimes against Asian Americans over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic this past year. Stop AAPI Hate, an advocacy group dedicated to documenting anti-Asian discrimination throughout the pandemic, has reported more
The recently formed Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican seeks to foster a more equitable financial system. The Council was announced in December of 2020 and comprises a group of CEOs and global leaders in collaboration with Pope Francis. The group hopes to realise a model of capitalism which
On Thursday the 18th of February, Belarusian journalists were charged with “organizing actions rudely violating public order,” resulting in a two-year jail term. The journalists, Katsiaryna Bakhvalava and Daria Chultsova were arrested in November while live-streaming the Belarusian protests in the cities capital. Over the past six months, more than
After serving nearly three years behind bars, women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was recently released from Saudi prison on a suspended sentence. al-Hathloul was imprisoned after calling for male guardianship laws to end, for women to legally be able to drive, and for communication with foreign diplomats, international media, and
