Media Coverage

The European Union and the United States on August 9 marked the fourth anniversary of massive protests in Belarus by calling for the release of all political prisoners and voicing support for the Belarusian people. The 2020 election, widely seen as fraudulent both at home and abroad, gave Belarusian...

Talks aimed at ending Sudan's shattering 16-month-old civil war began on August 14 in Switzerland although the absence of the military dampened hopes for imminent steps to alleviate the country's humanitarian crisis. U.N. officials have warned that Sudan is at "breaking point" and that there will be...

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for saying it may be “justified and moral” to starve Palestinians in Gaza. In a statement on August 8, the Foreign Ministry...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels stormed the headquarters of the United Nations’ Human Rights Office in the capital, Sanaa, seizing documents, furniture, and vehicles, a senior U.N. official said on August 13. The seizure was the latest move in a crackdown by the Houthis on people working with the U.N., aid...

On Aug. 4, 2020, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beirut Port warehouse. The gigantic blast tore through the Lebanese capital, killing at least 218 people and wounding more than 6,000 others, according to an AP count. The blast stunned the nation and a probe by a maverick...

The Accountability Watch Committee in Nepal, a rights group, on August 9 said the bill to amend the Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act contains serious errors. In a statement, the committee urged the authorities concerned to address the issues before the bill is endorsed...

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors said that they are “actively monitoring” events in Venezuela, where security forces have launched a crackdown on the opposition in the aftermath of the nation’s disputed presidential election. Forces loyal to President Nicolás Maduro have rounded up...

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has ordered a 10-day ban on social media platform X amid an uproar in the country over a disputed election. Accusing X owner Elon Musk of “inciting hate and fascism”, Maduro said he signed a resolution presented by telecommunications regulator Conatel which “has...

A Ugandan court on Tuesday found a former commander in the feared Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) guilty of multiple counts of crimes against humanity after the first such war crimes trial in the East African country. Thomas Kwoyelo, who was charged for crimes committed during a bloody two-decade LRA...

Turkey has submitted a formal bid to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), a move that adds to the international pressure on the Israeli government to end its atrocities in Gaza. Turkey’s “decision to intervene reflects the importance our...