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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced plans Sunday to temporarily limit asylum from neighboring countries Belarus and Russia, causing a backlash from human rights groups.
Tusk stated the plan responds to recent efforts of Russia and Belarus to coordinate the “mass transfer of people”...
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, announced on Monday the expulsion of six Indian consular officials and diplomats, following a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation into organized crime allegedly connected with the Indian government.
Pursuant to the results of...
Iran implemented new restrictions and sanctions for violations of the country’s dress codes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed on Monday. The group calls for the international community to act against the Hijab and Chastity law for the protection of human rights.
Among the proposed...
Philippines intensified the use of Facebook to undermine young activists’ rights to free speech and protest, Amnesty International reported on Monday. The report documents a coordinated campaign of state-sponsored harassment and intimidation.
The group contended that government officials and...
An 80-year old ex-Stasi officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday by the Berlin Regional Court for the murder of Czeslaw Kukuczka in 1974. The 10-year sentence was lower than the 12 years demanded by prosecutors.
Kukuczka failed to show up to work on March 3, 1974, and until March 29...
The Singapore Ministry of Law introduced the Administration of Justice (Protection) (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to Parliament on Monday. The bill aims to safeguard the process of administering justice and prevent the misuse of court procedures.
Introduced by the Minister of Law, Murali Pillai, the...
UN agencies and NGOs expressed deep concerns over the referral of humanitarian personnel to criminal prosecution by the Houthis in Yemen, according to a joint statement on Saturday. They called for the immediate and urgent release of the workers.
“The targeting of humanitarians in...
Prominent human rights activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch has been charged with aiding separatist groups in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, officials revealed Saturday. The charges against Baloch, a leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), include accusations of incitement, spreading hatred, and...
Venezuelan authorities have canceled the passports of at least 40 people without explanation, most of whom are human rights activists and journalists, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. According to the Financial Times, the human rights group Laboratorio de Paz (LDP) warned that the number...
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has temporarily suspended a new school curriculum in Republika Srpska under which elementary school students would be taught about the “achievements” of convicted war criminals Ratko Mladić and Radovan Karadzic.
A statement from the court...
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