Demonstrators in Colombia are demanding that the peace deal between the government and FARC is upheld. [BBC]
The Ethiopian government this week denied the use of extreme force against protesters in the country. [Al Jazeera]
Miao Deshun, a participant in the pro-democracy protests in Beijing, China in 1989 and the last prisoner from the Tiananmen Square demonstration, is due to be released on Saturday. [Washington Post]
Humanitarian Crises and Conflict
Due to Russian air raids this week, at least 56 people in Aleppo were killed. [Al Jazeera]
Jean-Pierre Bemba has filed his appeal against his earlier conviction before the International Criminal Court. [International Justice Monitor]
Politics
A draft bill that the German government approved this week excludes European Union citizens from the country’s welfare system for the first five years of residence in Germany. [Guardian]
The United States Supreme Court is due to hear a case against John Ashcroft, the former attorney general, for allegedly racially profiling and illegally detaining immigrants after September 11, 2001. [Washington Post]
Women and Girls
Over twenty of the 276 schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria two years ago were released this week. [Guardian]
A recent report from civil society indicates that a girl under 15 years of age gets married every seven seconds in the world. [Washington Post]
Additional women have come forward this week claiming Donald Trump, a United States presidential candidate, sexually assaulted them. [Guardian]