Egyptian human rights activist Hossam Bahgat was released on bail Sunday after facing charges of “joining and financing a terrorist group” and “spreading false news,” according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). Bahgat, the executive director of EIPR, was summoned last week by Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) and questioned for more [...]
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) on Saturday charged former Member of Parliament and businessman Vadym Novynskyi with high treason and incitement of religious hatred in absentia. Despite Novynskyi not being explicitly named by the statement of the law enforcement agency, local media reported that the description and thumbnail of the video attached showed that [...]
Thousands of Serbia’s striking university students protested in front of the country’s Supreme Court on Sunday to oppose what they assert are violations of civil rights under the ruling populist government, including intimidation and threats. The protest commenced with thousands of people standing in silence for 15 minutes in commemoration for the victims of a [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged the new Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to ensure judicial independence, accountability and government transparency, adding that his election ends a two-year political crisis which had caused a governance vacuum in the country. HRW emphasized that Aoun needs to adopt a law on judicial independence “that meets international standards, [...]
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it had facilitated the departure of a former Israeli soldier from Brazil after legal action was initiated against him for war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The action was confirmed on Sunday by the Israeli army radio. The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a complaint with the Brazilian authorities against Yuval [...]
The outgoing president of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili implied on Sunday that she will continue to struggle with the Georgian people as her succession was sworn in as she addressed people gathered near the Orbeliani Palace in the capital Tbilisi during the inauguration ceremony. Zourabichvili maintained that as she leaves the presidential palace she will be [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday temporarily blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that mandates corporate entities to disclose to the US Treasury Department the identities of their true beneficial owners. The court, which is based in New Orleans, made the decision just before the deadline for most [...]
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Serbia’s capital Belgrade on Sunday to demonstrate against President Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), blamed for the railway station roof collapse last month that took the lives of fifteen people. Led by university students and farmer unions, the protest was held in Belgrade’s Slavija Square, [...]
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Saturday announced that the video-hosting service Tik-Tok will be shut down for one year following concerns that it incites violence and bullying in schools. Prime Minister Edi Rama stated that during the year, his government will monitor the reaction from other countries and the platform itself regarding regulations and [...]
Prosecutors said on Sunday that they plan to issue a second summons for South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol after he failed to comply with a first one in the midst the investigation into his short-lived declaration of martial law. According to local media, prosecutors issued a summons on December 11 for the president to [...]
