Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has stopped recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine. Wagner’s founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said that They are fulfiling all their obligations to those who work for them now. Wagner began recruiting prisoners in Russia’s sprawling penal system in summer 2022, with Prigozhin, a catering entrepreneur who served nine years in prison during the Soviet Union, offering convicts a pardon if they survived six months in Ukraine.
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UN Special Rapporteur Examine Religious Freedom Issues in Tajikistan
The exercise of freedom of religion or belief in Tajikistan is of great concern and falls far short of international human rights standards. UN Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nazila Ghanea said so after visiting Tajikistan from April 11 to April 21.
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Israel officially declared a state of war on Hamas
Israel officially declared a state of war after Hamas launched 5,000 rockets and ground attacks on Saturday, October 17, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas would suffer unprecedented consequences.
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Myanmar junta attack on village killed around 100 people
Around 100 people, including women and children, have been killed after Myanmar’s military junta bombed the Kant Balu township in the Sagaing region on Tuesday. The National Unity Government (NUG)’s Ministry of Labour said in a statement, the attack resulted in the “loss of scores of innocent civilians and injuring many more, including children and pregnant women,” and describing it as a “heinous act” that constitutes “a war crime.” Local news outlet The Irrawaddy reported that a junta aircraft dropped two bombs and fired on the village while people were gathered for the opening of a new town office.
