Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced plans Sunday to temporarily limit asylum from neighboring countries Belarus and Russia, causing a backlash from human rights groups. Tusk stated the plan responds to recent efforts of Russia and Belarus to coordinate the “mass transfer of people” across the Polish border, resulting in security and stability concerns that [...]
The Meta Oversight Board on Tuesday upheld Meta’s decision to take down an Instagram post showing an Iranian beautician preparing a 14-year-old girl for her wedding, citing the promotion of forced child marriages. The Board also urged Meta to clarify in its policy that forced marriages include any child marriage involving individuals under the age [...]
High Commissioner of the UN refugee agency, Filippo Grandi, warned on Monday that displacement crises in Lebanon and Syria could worsen and urged for effective solutions from different stakeholders. In an opening statement to the Executive Committee at UNHCR’s annual meeting in Geneva, Filippo Grandi shed light onto the situation of about 123 million displaced refugees. [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor announced Monday that it will reopen criminal investigations into alleged violence in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC said that his decision followed a referral from the DRC to the ICC, requesting that the [...]
The High Court of Sindh on Monday rejected a petition to prevent the Federal Cabinet from approving the proposed 26th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan. The High Court rejected the request based on a Supreme Court of Pakistan precedent that bars courts from intervening in legislation unless it is for already enacted legislation that [...]
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly announced on Monday the expulsion of six Indian consular officials and diplomats, following a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation into crimes allegedly connected to the Indian government. Pursuant to the results of their investigation, the RCMP found “Indian diplomats and consular officials based in Canada leveraged their [...]
The Singapore Ministry of Law introduced the Administration of Justice (Protection) (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to Parliament on Monday. The bill aims to safeguard the process of administering justice and prevent the misuse of court procedures. Introduced by Minister of Law Murali Pillai the amendment updates the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act, 2016, which consolidated laws [...]
An 80-year old ex-officer of East Germany’s Stasi secret police force was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday by the Berlin Regional Court for the murder of Czeslaw Kukuczka in 1974. The 10-year sentence was lower than the 12 years demanded by prosecutors. Kukuczka failed to show up to work on March 3, 1974, [...]
The Philippines intensified the use of Facebook to undermine young activists’ rights to free speech and protest, Amnesty International reported on Monday. The report documents a coordinated campaign of state-sponsored harassment and intimidation. The group contended that government officials and security forces are weaponizing social media platforms, particularly Facebook, to engage in “red-tagging,” which involves [...]
Iran implemented new restrictions and sanctions for violations of the country’s dress codes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed on Monday. The group calls for the international community to act against the “Hijab and Chastity” law . Among the proposed restrictions, Article 49 of the law provides several fines against women who appear in public without [...]
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