The Hong Kong Court of First Instance granted on Thursday leave to apply for judicial review to dismissed Hong Kong teacher Toffee Tam Yuk-fun. Tam was previously dismissed as a teacher by Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan in July over posting allegedly improper statements on Facebook during the 2019 anti-government protests. [...]

Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government (NUG) said on Tuesday that the country’s ruling military junta orchestrated an attack on the Munglai Hkyet refugee camp in Kachin, Myanmar. The attack allegedly resulted in 30 fatalities and 57 injuries. The NUG stated that the deliberate attack employed heavy artillery and launched coordinated airstrikes. The parallel government condemned [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Niger authorities on Monday to immediately release Niger journalist Samira Sabou. Niger news outlet Air info confirmed with Sabou’s relatives that Niger authorities arrested Sabou at her home on September 30 for an unknown reason. Abdoul Kader Nouhou, Sabou’s husband, told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that four unidentified men [...]

Thailand’s Central Criminal Court of Corruption and Misconduct acquitted on Thursday four forestry officials charged with the murder of Indigenous rights activist Pholachi Rakchongcharoen. Thai officials indicted the four forestry officials, including former chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn, with murder in August 2022 over suspicions that they killed Pholachi. Pholachi disappeared after [...]

The West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced the head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association Ronson Chan to five days in jail, according to the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP). As this decision is at the magisterial level, the official opinions will not be published until 2024. Chan was found guilty of obstructing a [...]

International civil society watchdog CIVICUS added Bangladesh on Thursday to its CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist and rated the civic space in Bangladesh as “repressed,” the watchdog’s second lowest rating. The CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist rates the civic space of jurisdictions based on expression, peaceful assembly and freedom of association. CIVICUS stated it added Bangladesh to its watchlist because [...]

The UN Human Rights Office released a report Monday that assessed the impact of digital border technologies on human rights, finding that border surveillance technology and decision algorithms may violate the human rights of migrants. While the report acknowledged that digital technologies aid states in achieving security objectives, it also alleged that digital technologies result [...]

The Election Commission of Pakistan questioned on Thursday the neutrality of Pakistan’s caretaker government in holding national elections. The Election Commission alleged that the government compromises impartiality in the election process by unfairly favoring opponents of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. In a letter the commission wrote to incumbent Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq [...]

Hong Kong protester Fung Ching-wah was sentenced to four years prison on Monday over rioting and perverting the course of justice, according to Hong Kong Free Press. Fung previously pleaded guilty to rioting and perverting the course of justice on August 23. Fung was arrested during the National Day protests in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong [...]

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal refused on Thursday to grant four pro-democracy protesters—Kwok Wing-kin, Mak Tak-ching, Lee Cheuk-yan and Stanley Ho Wai-hong—leave to appeal their convictions over violating public gathering limits. Judge Roberto Ribeiro rejected their appeal by finding that the regulation which they violated is no longer in force and of general [...]