Human Rights Watch called on South Sudan’s leaders to ensure that there must not be an amnesty for war crimes and crimes against humanity as a peace agreement was signed in the country between the warring sides last week.

“Amnesty for atrocities not only conflicts with South Sudan’s international obligations, but experience shows it is no way to build a lasting peace,” said Elise Keppler, associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch.

More than 50,000 Romanians, including thousands of diaspora members, took to the streets of Bucharest this weekend as part of an anti-government rally in Romania.              

More than 450 were reportedly hurt, as protestors demonstrating against corruption, clashed with Romanian police.

The former Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet has been appointed as the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to serve from September 1. 

Ms Bachelet, who was hailed by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres as a "pioneer", said she was "deeply humbled and honored". 

Colombia has become the last country in South America to recognise the state of Palestine, a decision made by the previous president during his last few days in office.

Former Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos announced the decision in a letter to the Palestinian representative in Colombia last week, stating he had decided to recognise Palestine as a “free, independent and sovereign state.”

Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s former finance minister and one of the leaders of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has been arrested under charges of inciting post-election violence as well as “possession of dangerous weapons” and “subversive material”.

The arrest comes after the MDC contested last Friday’s election result which yielded a victory for Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Zanu-PF candidate, who took power in a military coup that ousted Robert Mugabe in November 2017.

India's Supreme Court has deferred a hearing on repealing article 35A, which enables the Kashmir state legislature to define who are “permanent residents” and to safeguard special rights for these residents in public sector jobs, social schemes, property ownership and state aid. 

State legislature is also immune from legal challenges on grounds of “violating the Indian  constitution or any other law of the land”.

The Bangladeshi cabinet was forced to toughen sentences for those convicted of dangerous driving after mass protests by students overwhelmed the capital for the ninth day. 

Riot police have attempted to quash the protests with rubber bullets and tear gas being fired into the crowds.

The protests were sparked by the killing of two teenagers in Dhaka by a bus travelling above the speed limit. 

Twelve Kashmiri fighters have been killed in gun battles with Indian army officers in the disputed Himalayan region, as violence in the region continues to escalate. 

Clashes have taken place between locals and Indian army soldiers after soldiers descended on a funeral in the neighbouring village, which was being held for 5 of the fighters who were killed in Shopian. 

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) marked four years since the assault on the Yazidi people by the Islamic State (IS), labelling it “one of the most barbaric genocides of the 21srt Century”.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights announced that it will be removing Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a display, over her government’s treatment of the Rohingya Muslims.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been displaced and thousands killed after Myanmar launched a massive military offensive last year. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said the crisis was a form of “ethnic cleansing”, whilst other leading academics have called it a genocide.

An Egyptian poet, Galal El Behairy, was sentenced to thee years in jail and a fine of 10,000 Egyptian pounds on Tuesday, for “insulting the military establishment”. 

Mr Behairy was initially arrested on March 3, after the release of the song Balaha, which is allegedly to have mocked President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and appeared on Egyptian media. 

During his first court appearance on May 6, he showed signs of torture and beating. 

The United States announced sanctions on Turkey's ministers of justice and interior over the detention of an American pastor Andrew Bunson.

Turkey's Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu, who the US government state played “leading roles” in the arrest of Mr Bunson, have been hit by US Treasury sanctions.

"We believe he's a victim of unfair and unjust detention," said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders of Mr Bunson.

Serbian police announced that they have arrested a former Bosnian military commander, over alleged war crimes committed against Serb civilians in Sarajevo.

The Bosnian embassy in Belgrade reported that the former soldier was arrested on a Serbian warrant. 

Jean-Pierre Bemba, the former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, returned to the country on Wednesday after being acquitted of war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court.