Elon Musk’s X latest to block Saudi dissident accounts inside kingdom

Elon Musk’s X has become the latest major US social media company to block the accounts of Saudi Arabian dissidents so they are no longer visible inside the kingdom, following orders from Saudi authorities.

Outrage in Libya over a video of a woman being publicly flogged for adultery

The sentence is about to be carried out. A woman is waiting, kneeling in the street. To her right, a member of the judicial police is holding the whip that will be used to carry out the punishment, whilst another man reads out the verdict.

General Pinochet’s Return

Redressing the crimes of Pinochet’s regime has been a hard-fought and often contested process. Chile’s current presidency has revealed how easily progress can be reversed.

Malaysia vows not to return Myanmar refugees if lives at risk

Authorities are screening 5,000 refugees as rights groups warn they remain at risk of persecution in Myanmar.

Rights group warns Israel’s policies are pushing the West Bank healthcare system to collapse

A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel warns that Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank have pushed the territory’s health system to the brink of collapse.

Xenophobia in South Africa Is a Continental Legal Failure, Not a Domestic One

Mob looting, forced documentation checks and roughly 160,000 displaced people are not a policing problem; they are a breach of the African Charter and the ICCPR.

Iranian footballers who defied Tehran become Australian citizens

Two Iranian female footballers who publicly defied their government have become Australian citizens.