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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) }']ruled on Thursday that Poland violated the right to a fair trial enshrined in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights by quashing and modifying the sentence of a prisoner who had already served the majority of his sentence.
The Polish...
The Supreme Court of India directed Friday the newly formed Jammu & Kashmir union territory government to frame a policy for the premature release of prisoners.
The Supreme Court directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to develop a policy on the premature release of prisoners after a...
UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday that foreign parties supplying weapons are enabling the conflict in Sudan. DiCarlo stated that “Sudan is trapped in a nightmare” and called for an immediate ceasefire.
The Under-Secretary-General stressed that both...
France risks breaching the UN arms embargo on Sudan for allowing its French-manufactured military technology to be incorporated into armored personnel carriers (APCs) currently being used in war zones in Darfur, Amnesty International reported on Thursday.
The Nimr Ajban APCs used by the...
Israel’s forced displacement of civilians in Gaza could constitute a war crime, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report alleges that Israel’s military operations have left nearly the entire population of Gaza displaced, with evacuation orders issued under conditions that...
India’s Supreme Court released a ruling on Wednesday finding that the country’s authorities cannot use demolition of properties as punishment for those accused or convicted of crimes. It set stringent guidelines against the act, also known as “bulldozer justice”, and laid out strict punishment...
The Viasna Human Rights Center, a human rights organization based in Belarus, reported Tuesday that imprisoned Belarusian activist Maryia Kalesnikava resurfaced after more than 18 months without contact. Kalesnikava met her father in the prison hospital.
Kalesnikava a known opposition activist...
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has condemned the Taliban’s latest public execution of a convicted murderer, which took place at a sports stadium in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktya province on Wednesday. The execution marks the sixth known public execution since the...
A man set off explosives killing himself outside Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) after trying to enter the building on Wednesday.
The STF confirmed the safety of its ministers, who had concluded a plenary session before the accident and were evacuated promptly. Precautionary measures were...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear competing racial discrimination allegations raised by Armenia and Azerbaijan against each other under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Armenia alleges...
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