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Cuba Sentences Former Economy Minister Alejandro Gil to Life in Prison in Landmark Corruption Case

Cuba’s Supreme Popular Tribunal has sentenced former...

Former EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini Charged in Belgian Fraud and Corruption Probe

Federica Mogherini, the former European Union high...

Former Colombian Ministers Charged in Expanding Vote-Buying Scandal

Colombia’s widening political corruption scandal deepened on...

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Sahel Region: African Union Appoints Special Envoy

(Nairobi) – The African Union’s (AU) appointment of Burundi’s president as its special envoy for the Sahel region strengthens the AU’s capacity to address...

World Court Rules Tackling Climate Crisis is an International Legal Obligation

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential problem of planetary proportions...

India: Hundreds of Muslims Unlawfully Expelled to Bangladesh

Indian authorities have expelled hundreds of ethnic Bengali Muslims to Bangladesh in recent weeks without due process, claiming they are illegal immigrants.The authorities’ claims that...

Brazil: Lula Should Veto Environmental Protection Rollback

(São Paulo) - Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should veto a bill that dismantles environmental licensing and poses serious threats to environment-related...

Anti-Corruption Activist Under Pressure in Ukraine

On July 11, Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) conducted searches targeting Vitaliy Shabunin, a prominent anti-corruption activist who has played a key role in...

Ukraine: New Law Undercuts Independence of Anti-Corruption Bodies

(Kyiv) - A new law adopted by Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on July 22, 2025, effectively strips Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies of independence...

Central African Republic: ICC Convicts Two Anti-Balaka Leaders

(Geneva) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) conviction of two anti-balaka militia leaders for serious crimes in the Central African Republic is an important step...

National Guard soldier deployed to South Texas to help secure border convicted of smuggling illegal aliens into US

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A National Guard member deployed to South Texas to help secure the border was convicted of smuggling illegal aliens into...

Desperate Pleas from Starving Palestinians Shouldn’t Be Ignored

Last summer, my son, then two months old, got sick while visiting family in California. Before our eyes, he rapidly lost weight, falling below...

Yemen: Houthi’s Attacks on Cargo Ships Apparent War Crimes

(Beirut) – The Houthi armed group in Yemen attacked two commercial cargo vessels in the Red Sea between July 6 and 9, 2025, violations of...

UN Warns Brazil’s New Bill Threatens Indigenous Rights and Environment

A group of UN Special Rapporteurs has already warned of the grave threats posed by the bill to human, including Indigenous Peoples’, rights. Overall,...

Niger: Two Years On, Ex-President Still Arbitrarily Detained

(Nairobi) – Authorities in Niger should immediately release former President Mohamed Bazoum, who remains arbitrarily detained two years after he was ousted in a...

Operation Grayskull Culminates in Lengthy Sentences for Managers of Dark Web Site Dedicated to Sexual Abuse of Children

A highly successful joint effort between the Department of Justice and the FBI, Operation Grayskull, resulted in the dismantling of four dark web sites...

Syria: Abuses, Humanitarian Emergency Amid Sweida Clashes

(Beirut) – Nine days of armed clashes and serious abuses in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate have triggered a dire humanitarian crisis, Human Rights Watch...

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