Search Results for: Secrecy

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday urged Malta’s Constitutional Court to lift what it describes as an “information blackout” on the ongoing murder trial of Yorgen Fenech, the alleged mastermind behind the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. RSF further urged the court to reverse a decree that has severely restricted the publication of information related [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held unanimously on Thursday that Ukraine violated the right to respect for private life of three Ukrainian nationals and their lawyer by ordering unlawful surveillance measures. The court also determined that the authorities failed to comply with their obligation to provide the necessary resources for the case examination [...]

Multiple groups brought lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) hours after Monday’s inauguration, urging a federal court to enforce Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requirements on the newly formed administrative panel. Filed by the American Public Health Association, American Federation of Teachers, Minority Veterans of America, VoteVets Action Fund, the Center for [...]

“Science, by which I mean the entire body of knowledge about things, whether corporeal or spiritual, is as much a work of imagination as it is of observation… The latter is not possible without the former.” Jose Ortega y’ Gasset, Man and Crisis (1958)  For now, the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria has [...]

My grandfather told me once I was meant to be the heiress of a family-owned winery. Inside the courthouse gates, the ghosts of unfinished stories sit beside me in the cold, marble-columned silence. My grandfather’s voice echoes in my mind, recounting a spiel riddled with missing pieces about a winery that was never mine — [...]

Georgian demonstrators rallied in protest Sunday over parliamentary election results which saw the “Russian friendly” Georgian Dream Party win the majority vote by 53.93 percent. The election was initially disputed and deemed “illegitimate” by President Salome Zurahishvila and the opposition parties until the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) confirmed Georgian Dream’s victory on Saturday. Critics of [...]

The two largest Georgian opposition coalitions, Coalition 4 Change (C4C) and United National Movement (UNM), announced Tuesday their rejection of mandates from the disputed October 26 election. Declaring the ruling pro-Russian Georgia Dream (GD) party as the winner, the election results have been criticized extensively by opposition groups and international observers, who view them as [...]

Thousands of opposition supporters were joined by EU officials at a rally on Monday in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, protesting against the ruling party’s victory. The protesters allege that the elections were rigged in favor of Georgian Dream (GD) with support from Russia and demand new elections under international observation. European observers have challenged the election as [...]

The resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021 cast a long shadow of oppression over the nation, disproportionately impacting women and the LGBTQ+ community. While the violence against women has garnered significant international attention, the plight of LGBTQ+ individuals remain largely obscured, a silent atrocity demanding urgent global intervention. A comprehensive report, drawing [...]

Georgia President Salome Zurabishvili and opposition parties questioned the results of the country’s parliamentary election on Saturday. The pro-Russia party Georgia Dream (GD) was declared as the winner, with opponents labelling the election illegitimate amid criticism from international observers and allegations of violence, voter intimidation, breach of vote secrecy, and obstruction of observers. The International [...]