Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko denounced the Belarusian announcement On July 2nd by President Aleksandr Lukashenko at an event during the state award ceremony that its border shared with Ukraine would be closed for “self-defence” reasons. The claim by Lukashenko was to stop an influx of weapons
In recent days the Indian province of Uttar Pradesh, located in the northern part of the country, Hindu nationalist extremists have been conducting vigilante police work, in coordination with the police, to enforce religious purity in romantic relationships. The province, which is the most populous in India, and firmly a
Sheikha Latifa, the daughter of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been granted an increasing degree of freedom after years of controversy surrounding alleged abuse and kidnappings at the hands of her father. In
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his Port-au-Prince home by a squad of armed men during the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 7th. Moïse’s wife was wounded during the attack and is currently in stable but critical condition, and efforts are underway to bring her to Miami for treatment.
Civil unrest across South Africa has led to severe looting and violence, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces. Crowds have looted and set fire to over 200 shopping centres, whilst trucks, factories, warehouses, and other infrastructure have also been targeted. On 16 July, roughly 25,000 troops were deployed in the
As of 2 July, American military forces officially left Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase, located 30 miles north of Kabul. Control was transferred to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in a ceremony on the third, ending 20 continuous years of its occupation by the United States. This withdrawal of American
On Thursday, July 1st, Turkey officially withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty created to protect women from violence. Following the announcement, thousands of individuals across multiple cities in Turkey protested the country’s exit. More than 1,000 people, most of whom were women, gathered to march and spoke out
Catastrophic flooding has caused widespread devastation across Europe; the floods are the most severe the continent has experienced in decades. Germany and Belgium are reporting the highest levels of destruction, with entire villages and towns buried under landslides, water, and debris. Large regions of Western Europe experienced historic levels of
Prolonged conflict in Eastern Ukraine, which began in 2014, has paved the path for arbitrary detention of hundreds of civilians. According to a recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) News report, these detentions are carried out by Russia-backed armed groups in the Ukraine regions of Donetska and Luhanska. Charges against the
Turkey has officially withdrawn from the 2011 Istanbul Convention, an international treaty that protects women from violence. This is the first time a European Council member has pulled out of an international human rights convention. Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary-General said “[T]urkey has set the clock back ten years on women’s
