House lawmakers are jumping into the next big government funding fight with an ambitious schedule to pass all of their spending bills, but they are still constrained by policies instituted under former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Two Tunisian journalists were sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday for criticizing the government. Both journalists denied the allegations in court.
Lawyers in Tunisia protested recent arrests on Thursday, including two lawyers who were charged with violating a cybercrime statute targeting fake news.
Human Rights Watch, a human rights group, has called on the Thai government to cease the forced return of political dissidents to their authoritarian home countries.
Global leaders, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, have committed to improving future responses to similar situations, but establishing a pandemic treaty has proven difficult.