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Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that the cabinet’s dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar was “improper” and “unlawful.” The court found the firing lacked valid justification and was based on a “thin and shaky factual foundation.”
Expanding on the court’s reasoning, Court...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, called on Thursday for the release of Grigory Melkonyants, a lawyer and one of the most famous experts on election legislation and process in Russia.
Katzarova categorized the sentencing of...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged South Korean presidential candidates on Wednesday to commit firmly to protecting press freedom, as the country faces the results of the impeachment and removal of former President Yoon Suk Yeol in April 2025.
Against this backdrop, RSF issued a series of...
Hungary’s parliament passed a bill that begins the country’s formal withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC). This move has drawn sharp international criticism and stirred controversy over its timing. The bill, approved on Tuesday by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called for Libyan judicial authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into claims of human rights abuses after a deadly conflict between Libyan rival armed groups and quasi-state forces.
Tensions between rival groups intensified after the May 12 murder...
UN special rapporteurs voiced concern on Wednesday over the scale of trafficking and human rights abuses related to “scam compounds” in Southeast Asia. They called for urgent international action to “protect victims and step up prevention efforts.” The joint statement stressed the severity of...
Human Rights Watch called on the government of Mali on Tuesday to “credibly and independently” investigate the extrajudicial executions of 22 men who were arrested by the army in the town of Diafarabé.
Senior Sahel Researcher at Human Rights Watch Ilaria Allegrozzi said: “The killing of at...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) sided with Equatorial Guinea on Monday in a decades-long maritime boundary dispute with Gabon concerning three islands and their potentially oil-rich waters.
The ICJ ruled that Equatorial Guinea has sovereignty over the islands and the surrounding waters...
Amnesty International on Monday called for an investigation into the US air strike on a migrant detention centre in Sa’da, Yemen, on April 28, that killed and injured dozens of migrants. This follows reports of escalating US air strikes in Yemen that have resulted in a high number of civilian...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Germany violated the right to freedom of assembly of a protester who was convicted for wearing a self-made plastic visor during a demonstration in 2015. It found that the national instances had not weighed up his freedom of...
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