Media Coverage

A Lebanese judge indicted five state security members on charges of torture in the case of a Syrian refugee who died in custody. On September 2, the military prosecutor arrested a state security officer and four other members on torture charges before referring them to Najat Abu Chakra, a military...

According to a senior European Union diplomat speaking on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans summit on Tuesday, the EU has drafted a new proposal for normalization of ties between Kosovo and Serbia with a clear timeline of actions. The draft proposal was sent to both parties on Monday, the...

Indonesia has revised its criminal code, and human rights groups have identified 17 articles which they believe threaten the freedoms won since the return to democratic rule in the 1990s. Though, the new laws will not take effect for three years and can be challenged in a constitutional court. Among...

The Taliban authorities on Wednesday executed an Afghan convicted of killing another man, in the first public execution since the terrorist group took over last year. The execution took place in western Farah province before hundreds of spectators and many top Taliban officials. The top Taliban...

Sudanese security forces used tear gas and blocked roads and bridges on Thursday as they sought to contain scattered protests in the capital, a Reuters reporter said, three days after an initial deal was signed to launch a new political transition. Thousands of protesters gathered in the afternoon...

Some Western media outlets are facing backlash from Iranian activists over headlines printed Sunday saying that Iran was abolishing its “morality police.” The news—an interpretation of a comment by an Iranian official during a press conference—turned out to be anything but clear cut. The country’s...

Armenia and Hungary have agreed to restore diplomatic relations on December 1 following a 10-year break resulting from Budapest’s controversial extradition to Azerbaijan of a murderer of an Armenian soldier. In February, a Hungarian delegation visited Armenia and announced a cooperation program with...

Only elections can lead Afghanistan out of political crisis, even if they legitimize Taliban rule, Afghan anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud told a conference in Tajikistan on Wednesday. Massoud, exiled leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, made a rare public appearance at an...

The prominent Guatemalan investigative newspaper “El Periodico” announced Wednesday that it is stopping its print edition, after the government arrested the paper’s president. All the paper’s reporters have been let go, and it is not clear how it can continue with digital editions only. The...

Following a recommendation from The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission final report, the government has sought to collaborate with the University of The Gambia to establish the Center of Excellence in Transitional Justice and Sustainable Peace. The Center has now been created...