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China imposed sanctions on seven US military firms and their executives on Friday following a recent US arms sales to Taiwan.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that it froze the sanctioned firms’ and executives’ assets that were located within Chinese jurisdiction. The ministry also...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday called on the Chinese government to immediately release Liu Hanbin, a blogger who has been detained for one month following his publication of information regarding a protest by farmers against forced land seizures.
RSF’s Asia-Pacific Bureau Director...
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office (TDPO) charged on Thursday Ko Wen-je, the former mayor of Taipei and leader of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), for bribery and other corruption offenses in connection with a real estate development project known as the Core Pacific City redevelopment...
A Russian court sentenced a Dutch citizen, Harry Johannes van Wurden, on Wednesday to three years in prison for assaulting a police officer. The ruling was issued after van Wurden was found guilty of punching a police officer during an incident in central Moscow last October.
Wurden was...
Morocco’s justice and Islamic affairs ministers unveiled significant reforms to the country’s family law on Tuesday in Rabat, marking the first comprehensive review of the Moroccan Family Code in 20 years.
The initiative aims to expand women’s rights in child custody, guardianship, and...
Several UN Special Rapporteurs on Monday expressed concern over a spike in systemic targeting of Baha’i-religion women in Iran. The UN experts observed that Baha’i women have been facing systemic targeting, including arrests, summoning for interrogation, enforced disappearance, raids on their...
Iran’s government announced on Tuesday that it had lifted a two-year ban on WhatsApp and the Google Play Store, marking a significant shift in the country’s internet restrictions.
The official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported the decision after a meeting involving top government...
The UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday issued an investigation report on a massacre carried out by the Wharf Jérémie criminal gang in the municipality of Port-au-Prince of Haiti between December 6 and 11. They noted...
Judge Nubia Vera on Monday reinstated Ecuadorian Vice President Verónica Abad to her role, lifting a five-month suspension imposed by the Ministry of Labor for allegedly abandoning her duties. The ruling declared the sanction unconstitutional, marking a significant development in the escalating...
Vietnam enforced new internet regulations on Wednesday mandating social media platforms to verify user identities and share data with authorities. The rules, encapsulated in Decree No. 147/2024, have sparked significant criticism from activists and human rights organizations, who contend that...
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