Human Rights Watch condemned Friday the excessive force used by the Tunisian police on protestors calling for social justice, which lead to the death of one person and injuries to several others. The protests erupted in response to a Facebook video that showed the police mishandling a shepherd. The Tunisian police have been accused of acting [...]

Former Ohio police officer Adam Coy pleaded not guilty Friday to the killing of Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man. On December 22, Coy and another officer were responding to a nuisance call about car noise. As Coy approached the area where the vehicle was located, he encountered Andre Hill. Even though Hill was unarmed, [...]

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued new rules Sunday concerning digital platforms. These rules are expected to put pressure on large companies like online retailers Taobao and JD.com, as well as payment providers like WeChat Pay and Alipay. Included among the changes in the new rules is a ban on merchants requiring retailers on [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar’s military authorities Monday attempted to disperse marchers in the country’s capital with water cannons and announced on national television that they would be taking legal action against protesters opposing the military coup that overthrew the government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. The march in Nay Pyi Taw was [...]

A total of 24 Hong Kong activists appeared Friday in the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on charges stemming from their participation in the June 4 vigil commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The vigil has been an annual event in Hong Kong ever since the Chinese People’s Liberation Army opened fire on a crowd [...]

Brazilian mining giant Vale Thursday reached a settlement for damages caused by an iron ore waste dam rupture that killed at least 270 people. Several company officials are also charged with murder. The Vale dam burst in January 2019. Without warning, an inundation of toxic sludge buried the mining site’s cafeteria while hundreds of employees were having [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called Friday on Indian authorities and protesters alike to “exercise maximum restraint” amid the ongoing farmers’ protests. #India: We call on the authorities and protesters to exercise maximum restraint in ongoing #FarmersProtests. The rights to peaceful assembly & expression should be protected both offline [...]

Scotland’s Court of Session dismissed a case Friday suggesting that Scotland could hold another independence referendum without the approval of the UK. The case, brought by Martin Keatings, a staunch advocate for Scottish independence, was a long-shot effort to overturn the 2014 referendum, when Scots voted to stay in the UK by a 55-percent majority. [...]

Hong Kong’s Education Bureau released guidelines Thursday for a new “national security education” curriculum that would see children as young as six being taught about the offenses of secession, collusion, terrorism and subversion under Hong Kong’s national security law (NSL). The guidelines come as the latest development in the government’s implementation of the NSL that [...]

Conservation advocacy groups filed an appeal Wednesday to the Environmental Appeals Board challenging the EPA permit for one of the nation’s largest refineries, which reopened last week after previous controversies prompted an 8-year shutdown. The Limetree Bay refinery, located on the US Virgin Island of St. Croix, has a history of harmful environmental practices. The former [...]