The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) called Monday for the immediate release of prominent Thai human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa, finding that his detention under Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws violates international law. Anon, known for his advocacy of democratic reforms and criticism of the monarchy, is currently serving a 14-year prison [...]
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of ₹213.14 crore (approximately $25.4 million USD) on Meta Platforms for abusing its dominant position through WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy update. The CCI found on Monday that the update imposed “unfair conditions” on users by making data sharing with Meta’s other applications mandatory, violating the [...]
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has condemned the Taliban’s latest public execution of a convicted murderer, which took place at a sports stadium in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktya province on Wednesday. The execution marks the sixth known public execution since the Taliban’s return to power, reigniting international outrage over the group’s use of [...]
Human rights organizations sounded the alarm on Tuesday over the deteriorating health of Chinese legal scholar and human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, who has been on a hunger strike for nearly a month to protest his ongoing ill-treatment in detention. Xu, a key figure in China’s New Citizens’ Movement, has been held since February 2020, [...]
Amnesty International condemned Lebanon’s military courts on Tuesday for failure to hold accountable the security forces officers accused in the death in custody of Syrian refugee Bashar Abd Saud. Bashar Abd Saud, 30, was arrested on August 30, 2022, by Lebanon’s State Security agency on accusations of possessing a counterfeit $50 bill. A day later, [...]
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD) reported escalating violence in Mozambique on Monday, where police have killed at least 11 people and injured dozens more during post-election protests. Since holding general elections on October 9, the country has been engulfed in widespread protests rejecting the [...]
North Korea Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui condemned the recent formation of a US-led multilateral sanctions monitoring team on Sunday, calling it “utterly unlawful and illegitimate.” In a statement released by North Korea’s state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun, Choe warned that the countries involved in the initiative would face consequences for their actions. In particular, Choe [...]
Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, founder of El Periódico, was released from prison on Saturday after spending more than two years behind bars in pre-trial detention. Zamora, who has been a vocal critic of government corruption through his investigative reporting, was transferred to house arrest after a court ruling determined that his preventive detention had [...]
Prominent human rights activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch has been charged with aiding separatist groups in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, officials revealed Saturday. The charges against Baloch, a leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), include accusations of incitement, spreading hatred, and facilitating terrorist organizations. The case against Baloch was registered following a complaint filed by local [...]
The US Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Nevada Green Party’s request to reinstate its presidential candidate, Jill Stein, on Nevada’s 2024 general election ballot. This decision leaves in place a ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court that bars Stein and the Green Party from appearing on the ballot. The controversy began when the Nevada [...]
