Around 1200 anti-war and anti-genocide protesters clashed with police outside the Melbourne Convention and Exhibit Center on Wednesday, according to a media statement by Victoria Police. Thirty-nine of the protestors against the Land Forces International Land Defense Exposition have been arrested so far and charged with various offenses, including assault on police officers and obstruction [...]

Malaysia’s Baitul Mahabbah initiative to move children to dedicated refugee centers is no different from detention and continues to violate children’s rights, said Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director Byrony Lau on Monday. These centers were introduced by the Malaysian government a year ago to move children aged 10 and under from immigration depots. The [...]

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s interior minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo Bihango announced on Tuesday that 129 people were killed in an attempt to escape Makala Central Prison. Tenty-four people were killed by gunfire after allegedly failing to heed warnings; the remaining deceased reportedly died by crushing or suffocation. Fifty-nine others were also injured during the [...]

Thousands gathered on Sunday in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest the government’s alleged repression of environmental activists who continue to oppose what could be one of the largest greenfield lithium projects in the world. Protestors gathered outside the headquarters of the state-owned television station Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to demand better media coverage of their [...]

At least 94 people have been arbitrarily arrested since late July for expressing public criticism of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV), Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The human rights organizations believe at least 59 of those arrested have been unlawfully detained by Cambodian authorities. “The authorities [...]

Employees in Australia now have the right to disconnect from their employers outside of working hours, pursuant to a new law which came into force for non-small businesses on Monday. This means that employees now have a right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact from an employer or work-related contact from a [...]

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr promised on Wednesday that “heads will roll” as the government investigates how a former town mayor accused of ties with Chinese criminal syndicates fled the country, stating that “the departure of Alice Guo has laid bare the corruption that undermines our justice system and erodes public trust”. On Monday, Senator [...]

An acceleration of acute malnutrition has made famine a real possibility in some Yemeni government-controlled areas, a report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warned on Sunday. The IPC estimated that 609,808 children under age five will be acutely malnourished by the end of the year, identifying four districts in particular that would [...]

Authorities in Jordan are using a Cybercrimes law to suppress online criticism of government policies and practices in contravention of international human rights law, Amnesty International stated on Tuesday.  Despite widespread concerns, the Cybercrimes Law 2015 was revised on August 13, 2023, by Cybercrime Law No. 173 to bring sweeping changes to the scope of [...]

Zimbabwe’s governing party ZANU-PF is responsible for 65.4 percent of the 137 human rights violations in Zimbabwe for June, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) confirmed in its monthly monitoring report on Wednesday. This marks the fourth month in a row that ZANU PF has been the leading perpetrator of human rights abuses in the country, [...]