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More than three years since the military takeover by Taliban in 2021, Afghanistan remains engulfed in a severe human rights crisis. Extrajudicial killings, public executions, flogging in stadiums, and other forms of corporal punishment, arbitrary detentions, torture and disappearances of former government officials, members of the national security forces, judges, lawyers, human rights defenders, journalists, [...]

An Australian court upheld an order on Friday for X (formerly Twitter) to pay a fine of A$610,500 for failing to comply with a regulator’s request for information disclosing anti-child-abuse practices, amid efforts to impose responsibilities on digital platforms to protect children from online exploitation. Under the Online Safety Act, social media platforms are required [...]

Google said on Friday that it will stop linking to New Zealand news articles and ditch the agreements it has made with local news organizations if the country passes the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, which will force tech companies to pay publishers for content appearing on their feeds. In a blog post by Google’s New [...]

Canada’s Federal Court on Tuesday initiated the Study Permit Pilot Project in an attempt to streamline the judicial review process for rejected student visa applications. The initiative aims to expedite the handling of cases in response to an unprecedented surge in application rejections within Canada’s immigration system in previous years. The Study Permit Pilot Project, [...]

The author, a professor of law, argues that both America’s campaign finance system and foreign policy decisions reflect a declining imperial power struggling to maintain global dominance, offering a provocative perspective on corruption and democratic deficits particularly relevant during Constitution Week, when Americans reflect on the foundational principles of their government… Suffice it to say [...]

Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced on Tuesday the suspension of 30 permits for arms sales to Israel and the unprecedented blocking of a contract with the US Government to send Quebec-made ammunition to the Israeli Defense Forces, according to local, media. The Canadian arm of General Dynamics, a US-based corporation, had produced the [...]

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) released a report Monday assessing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives following a June 2023 Supreme Court ruling that banned race-conscious college admissions and heightened scrutiny of workplace diversity efforts nationwide. DEI efforts proliferated across the US after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man [...]

A UN report released on Tuesday decries a deteriorating human rights situation from June 15, 2023, to June 15 of this year in Nicaragua. The report, issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), details events assembled through 120 interviews, primarily with victims and witnesses, as well as 106 meetings with [...]

US climate rights watchdog Climate Rights International said in a report on Monday that the Kingfisher oil project along Lake Albert in Uganda fuels widespread human rights violations of the local population. The report stated that in addition to environmental damage that threatens their livelihoods, locals are subjected to forced evictions and disappearances, labor rights violations [...]

The Brazilian Supreme Court on Friday suspended the operations of X (formerly Twitter). This move came after the platform failed to comply with Brazil’s legal requirement to appoint a local representative. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who issued the order, underscored the importance of adhering to this legal obligation, marking a critical moment in the ongoing conflict [...]