Iraq’s Ministry of Communications announced Sunday that it had blocked the messaging app Telegram, citing national security concerns. The announcement claimed that this restriction was being enforced to preserve the integrity of users’ personal data, which it said the app had mishandled. The Ministry of Communications in their announcement stated that this ban followed guidance from [...]

Ethiopia’s government Friday declared a state of emergency in Amhara, resulting from ongoing clashes between military and local Fano militiamen. This came in the form of a press release issued by the office of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed. The press release outlined a recent Council of Ministers resolution. It noted that the Amhara region [...]

A report released Saturday on the treatment of human rights activists in Bangladesh found that at least 65 percent of surveyed human rights defenders said that the ruling Awami League party, law enforcement and intelligence services have obstructed their work. The report entitled “Who Defends the Defenders?” was produced in collaboration between the Centre for Governance [...]

In a press release issued Friday, Haiti-based human rights group National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) raised alarm over the increasing amount of attacks, assassinations and kidnappings for ransom in the country, particularly in the country’s West Department. In their statement, the RNDDH noted that since May 1, “at least forty (40) people were abducted, [...]

The body of 59-year-old Mexican journalist Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez, who has been missing since Wednesday, was found in the Mexican state of Nayarit on Saturday. At the time of his disappearance, Sánchez Iñiguez was working as a correspondent for the Mexico City newspaper La Jornada. Speaking on the discovery, prosecutors explained, “The body was [...]

Irish barristers have scheduled another in a series of protests regarding pay in relation to Criminal Legal Aid cases. The campaign, entitled “A Celebration of Failure 2” will take place outside the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on July 14. The purpose of this event, which follows similar demonstrations in March and April 2022, [...]

Myanmar’s human rights situation has deteriorated to “alarming levels,” according to a report published by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday. The report states that, because Myanmar’s junta has prioritized their own needs over those of the people, “rgent and concrete steps are needed to ensure essential needs [...]

Junior doctors in England announced plans to strike for five days in July on Friday, which has been described by their union as being the “longest single period of industrial action” in the history of the state-run National Health Service (NHS). The five-day walkout will take place between July 13 and July 18. The union, [...]

Almost 14,000 English voters were denied a chance to participate in local elections across England, according to research by the Electoral Commission, updated on Friday. The report found that this was a result of a new voter ID policy. Interim findings from the Electoral Commission found that four percent of all people who said they [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounced on Friday Macau’s decision to expand their national security law, which takes effect this week. The effect of these changes, according to RSF, “increases the pressure on journalists and further threatens the residents’ right to information.” Macau’s National Security Law defines seven crimes that can result in a maximum sentence [...]