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The Supreme Court of India said on Wednesday that it will deliberate on the constitutional validity of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code. This exception currently prevents non-consensual marital sex from being considered rape, raising concerns about the rights and protection of...
The Supreme Court of India referred the Delhi government’s petition challenging a recent ordinance from the central government of India to a 5-judge constitution bench. The challenged ordinance seeks to remove “services” from the control of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi...
Hong Kong’s Eastern Magistrates’ Courts sentenced photographer Cheng Wing-chun to three months prison on Thursday for violating the National Anthem Ordinance. Cheng, who was found guilty on July 5, is the first person tried under the ordinance.
Cheng was convicted because he purportedly...
Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Friday that the Philippine government will have to learn more about the intentions of several investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) before granting them entry to the country. The ICC intends to enter the Philippines to...
Hong Kong Police National Security Department questioned on Thursday several relatives of two wanted activists, Dennis Kwok and Mung Siu-tat. They are among the activists wanted by Hong Kong authorities since July 3, when the Hong Kong Police Force announced a bounty for eight pro-democracy...
Authorities raided the home of Belgian Socialist Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Maria Arena Wednesday as part of the ongoing “Qatargate” investigations that have rocked the European Parliament since they began in 2022.
Arena made a statement through her attorney confirming the search...
After a disturbing video from Manipur, a small state in north-east India, depicting the sexual assault of two Kuki-Zo tribal women went viral, the Supreme Court of India took suo moto cognizance of the event Thursday. Suo moto cognizance is the right of the Supreme Court and the High Court of...
The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), an organization that tracks online censorship, found Wednesday that access to social networks and messaging services had been restored to Ethiopia after five months of restriction. An Agence France Presse (AFP) journalist in Addis Ababa...
Following anti-government protests in Kenya on Wednesday, police officers shot and killed six people. According to the Ministry of Interior, 304 others were arrested. The ministry also stated that the authorities had documented numerous incidents of looting and damage.
Several human rights...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned Thursday of violence and discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. According to a new report, six of the twelve Anglophone countries in the Caribbean region continue to criminalize consensual same-sex intimacy, including Saint...
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