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At least 116 prisoners have been released in Venezuela after their arrests during the presidency of Nicolas Maduro, the government has announced, nine days after the United States abducted Maduro. Venezuela’s Ministry of Penitentiary Services reported on Monday that the prisoners had been released...

Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris has announced the government’s return to Khartoum, after nearly three years of operating from its wartime capital of Port Sudan. In the early days of the civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, the army...

Nicaragua’s left-wing government has announced the release of dozens of prisoners following pressure from United States President Donald Trump’s administration. The government of President Daniel Ortega said in a statement on Saturday that “tens of people who were in the national penitentiary system...

The UN Human Rights Office said Friday that a presidential election in Uganda next week would be “marked by widespread repression and intimidation” against the opposition and others. Ugandan authorities in the East African country have used lawfare, including military legislation, to restrict the...

A comprehensive UN Human Rights Office report released today details the asphyxiating impact of Israel’s laws, policies and practices on every aspect of daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The report warns that Israel is violating international law...

A curfew was imposed on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other following the vandalism of a mosque over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. The curfew orders issued by the Parsa District Administration said that no one will be allowed...

Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), including key U.S. allies, have warned that the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife by U.S. special forces could be a precedent-setting event for international law. The 15-member bloc met for an emergency meeting on...

Delcy Rodriguez, formerly Venezuela’s vice president, has been formally sworn in to lead the South American country following the abduction of Nicolas Maduro in a United States military operation. On Monday, Rodriguez appeared before Venezuela’s National Assembly to take her oath of office. Speaking...

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera has won a third term in office, securing an outright majority in the presidential election held on December 28, according to provisional results. Touadera, a 68-year-old mathematician who took power a decade ago, was seeking a third term...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to reverse a pending ban on 37 NGOs working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. In a statement on Friday, Guterres called the work of the groups “indispensable to life-saving humanitarian work,” according to spokesperson Stephane...