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Several United Nations (UN) experts raised concerns Friday over an incident in Libya where 120 migrants and refugees were allegedly taken to an undisclosed location and were then detained without legal counsel. The experts sent a letter in May apprising the Libyan government of their concerns. The experts alleged that the migrants were released from [...]

Natasha Kahungi is JURIST’s Africa Bureau Chief. She files this from Nairobi.  Many voices are being raised as Kenya braces for the anticipated introduction of an anti-LGBT bill in parliament, creating a cacophony of both support and opposition to the planned legislation. This vibrant outpouring of viewpoints highlights the complexity of this pressing social issue [...]

International stakeholders emphasized the importance of addressing the emerging reality of artificial intelligence (AI) at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday. Speakers at the groundbreaking event discussed the benefits and drawbacks of integrating AI into daily life. According to the presenters, AI has the potential to transform approaches to human rights. The UN’s use of [...]

This is a dispatch from your former JURIST China correspondent, twenty-five years later. The early dispatches I sent to Hibbitts from Wuhan University roughly at the turn of the millennium when the Web was young are now so antiquated that finding one required an archival deep dive. Indeed, it was a very different time – [...]

Amnesty International (AI) accused Spain and Morocco on Friday of covering up and failing to investigate the deaths of at least 37 migrants at the border of Melilla, a Spanish enclave city in northwest Africa. On June 24, 2022, Spanish and Moroccan authorities were reported to have committed crimes under international law by employing anti-riot [...]

Amnesty International (AI), an international human rights organization, urged Pakistan’s government on Tuesday to cease their harassment and arbitrary arrests of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.  A multitude of Afghans have fled to Pakistan in fear of persecution after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021. They fled to Pakistan with the aim of building new lives [...]

The past few years have seen a proliferation of online misinformation, accompanied by the growth of the fact-checking industry. This industry has evolved into a matured sector with its own funding sources and investments from major companies, which may have their own agendas. These companies are actively seeking to influence and control the industry, highlighting [...]

The EU passed The Artificial Intelligence Act on Wednesday which is a draft law that establishes restrictions on the uses of artificial intelligence (AI). As one of the first legislative moves by a controlling body to regulate AI, the act may serve as a model for policymakers across the globe. “he EU is committed to [...]

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced Thursday that it will jointly investigate OpenAI, the company behind the artificial intelligence chatbot “ChatGPT,” with provincial privacy authorities in British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec. At the International Association of Privacy Professionals Canada Privacy Symposium 2023, federal Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said “ will be [...]

In February 2022, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism published a report, accusing Facebook of inciting ethnic violence and disseminating misinformation in Ethiopia. A senior government official condemned the tech giant, accusing it of standing idle as the nation descended into chaos. Yet, as previously announced, the Ethiopian government refused to sit by idly and pledged [...]