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Kyrgyzstan detained the prominent Kyrgyz human rights defender, Rita Karasartova without formal charges on Monday. Amnesty International denounced the detention as an “alarming sign of deepening repression.” Human rights activist Gul’shaiyr Abdirasulova and local media reported that the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Chui region arrested and questioned Karasartova after conducting a search at her [...]

Anti-corruption NGO Transparency International, along with 264 separate rights groups and individuals, urged the UN climate change agency to call out fossil fuel lobbyists for their efforts in delaying climate progress on Tuesday. The letter urged the leadership of 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) to “confront high-polluting industries’ undue influence in climate negotiations and [...]

As the global community marked International Human Rights Day earlier this month, millions of Afghan women and girls remained trapped in their homes, cast out of their schools, work and public life by repressive Taliban policy. Last year, in response to these then-already-ongoing human rights violations, the US government announced new sanctions against Taliban officials [...]

Refugees International, an independent human rights organization that advocates for displaced people, called on the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday to end its partnership with the UAE until the state ceases its support for armed actors in Sudan. The organization expressed concern that such a partnership of the Association could make it complicit with [...]

Iran executed dual Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd on Monday. German Foreign Minister Annalaena Barbock stated: “I condemn the murder of Jamshid Sharmahd by the Iranian regime in the strongest possible terms. Jamshid Sharmahd was abducted to Iran from Dubai, held for years without a fair trial, and has now been killed.” Sharmahd was first arrested [...]

In response to the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a dual Iranian-German national, Germany shut down three Iranian consulates located in Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich on Thursday. Sharmahd was executed in Iran on terrorism charges on Tuesday, with the sentence being widely condemned by Germany, the United States, and numerous international human rights organizations, who have [...]

In this article, Sonja Rzepski, a JD candidate in environmental justice and clean energy at Vermont Law School  discusses the contrasting climate change policies of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Harris is highlighted as an advocate for environmental justice, known for her litigation against environmental violations and support for clean energy [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated in a report published on Wednesday that the conviction and the imprisonment of Bangladeshi protesters by the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal was “unjust” and called for the immediate release of all those sentenced. In its report, HRW denounced the “arbitrary” detention and conviction of 57 Bangladeshi citizens who [...]

Police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have withdrawn attempted suicide and consuming alcohol charges against Irish woman Tori Towey, a lawyer assisting her case said on X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday. Towey, an Irish flight attendant with Emirates Airlines since April 2023, was briefly imprisoned and had her passport confiscated and destroyed, according to the [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday, granted bail to Javed Gulam Nabi Shaikh, who has been held in custody for four years without trial under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Justices J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan criticized the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for delaying the framing of charges against Shaikh. The court was [...]