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The Hong Kong Court of First Instance rejected a sex discrimination challenge to the prison dress code on Tuesday. Judge Russell Coleman held that male and female prisoners face incomparable circumstances that justify the difference in dress code.
In summer, the Hong Kong Prisoner Personal...
UN human rights experts have called on Egypt to lift ongoing restrictions on human rights defenders who have been released from detention, in line with international human rights standards.
The special rapporteurs warned that many face travel bans, frozen assets, and continued inclusion on the...
Amnesty International called Tuesday for the Sri Lankan government to take action and accountability for conflict-related sexual violence, following the release of a report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
In a statement, Amnesty International...
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced on Wednesday that the country has banned 10 British activists who attempted to stop UK-bound migrants from leaving French beaches by destroying small boats.
The Interior Ministry clarified in a press release that the ban applies to 10 far-right...
Prosecutors in South Korea requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday over his failed declaration of martial law in December 2024, local media reported.
During the final hearing of Yoon’s trial at Seoul Central District Court, prosecutors argued that the former...
French farmers drove over 350 tractors in Paris on Tuesday as a sign of protest against low incomes and the EU-Mercosur partnership and trade agreement.
The protest was organized by the National Federation of Agricultural Workers’ Unions (FNSEA). The FNSEA organized Tuesday’s protests as a...
A UN expert on Monday commended the new proposals addressing the “longstanding crisis of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in England and Wales,” urging judicial reconsideration of the mechanism.
Alice Jill Edwards, the special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or...
The Islamic Resistance Movement, commonly known as Hamas, stated Sunday that it is prepared to dissolve its government entities managing Gaza and hand them over to a Palestinian technocratic committee.
Spokesperson Hazem Qassem made the announcement in a televised address, stressing that the...
Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, Human Right Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday.
The mark set a new record for the highest annual number of executions in the nation since monitoring began. Saudi Arabia exceeded its execution record for the second year in a row, increasing from...
The Supreme Court of British Columbia (BC) heard a constitutional challenge on Monday to end forced transfers of patients seeking access to medical assistance in dying (MAiD), brought by organization Dying With Dignity Canada (DWDC).
Currently, access to MAiD in certain cases is impaired by...
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