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Bangladesh’s Supreme Court ordered the Election Commission on Sunday to restore the registration of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, overturning a 2013 ban imposed by the government of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The June 1 ruling clears the path for the Islamist group to participate in...
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, urged Israel on Sunday to lift the aid blockade in Gaza.
Lazzarini claimed on his social media platform that “aid distribution has become a death trap”. The head of UNRWA...
The NGO Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), on Sunday, set off a ship from Catania, Sicily, to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. On board are various human rights advocates, such as prominent activist Greta Thunberg and European Parliament Member Rima Hassan, advocating against Israel’s...
The Hungarian Supreme Court ruled on Saturday that a police ban on the annual Budapest Pride march is unlawful since there was no legitimate goal behind the ban on the march.
The state, the defendants in this case, relied on a recent amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary to support their...
China and 32 other countries signed the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) in Hong Kong on Friday, creating an international legal body for alternative dispute resolution. The signing ceremony drew approximately 400 representatives from 85...
A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Friday accepted formal charges against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and several former government officials following the crackdown on July and August 2024 protests that left hundreds of students killed.
Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam submitted...
A bill being passed through the Italian legislature by Giorgia Meloni’s government resulted in protests on Saturday in Rome. The bill is being criticized for its alleged reduction of human right protections in the criminal justice system.
The law strengthens protections for police accused of...
Amnesty International on Saturday decried an Italian government order, claiming its elevated sanctions against activists, prisoners and migrants constitute a potential grant of arbitrary law enforcement power.
The new measures, called “draconian” by the organization, create new offenses for...
Victims of state violence in Argentina’s Jujuy province deserve justice two years later, Amnesty International said in a report Friday.
In 2023 the province of Jujuy underwent constitutional reform began by Governor Gerardo Morales, which resulted in protests. Those protesting included...
While Colombia has made notable progress in protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender-diverse (LGBT) individuals, the country must urgently address widespread discrimination and violence still faced by these communities, a UN human rights expert has warned Friday...
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