Friday, an independent UN human rights expert appealed for Russia to immediately release detained journalist and prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, whose life is at risk due to deteriorating health. In a statement, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation Maria Katzarova said, “I am concerned that Vladimir Kara-Murza’s only crime [...]

Ukraine’s Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, approved bills on Thursday that extends martial law and general mobilization in the country for an additional 90 days. The move marks the eighth extension since the start of the war in Ukraine. Lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak wrote on Telegram that Ukraine’s Parliament extended martial law for 90 days, until November 15, 2023 [...]

The UK High Court ruled on Thursday that Secretary of State for the Home Department Suella Braverman must not exercise her new powers to restrict protection and support of victims of modern slavery without first considering the risks of re-trafficking. As a result of the ruling, potential victims of modern slavery who are facing trial [...]

Russia’s TASS news agency reported Thursday that the Russian Interior Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for the International Criminal Court judge who issued the arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, Justice Tomoko Akane. In the statement, TASS News agency said, “The “udge Tomoko Akane, has been formally designated as wanted on criminal charges, according to [...]

The Bar Council Tuesday accused UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of undermining public trust in the legal profession by claiming that a “subset of lawyers” is exploiting illegal migrants for profit. This comes in response to a series of tweets from Sunak, forthcoming after a national newspaper exposé included a video from alleged immigration lawyers [...]

Operations and staff at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad were relocated temporarily on Friday to Stockholm after it was stormed by protesters. In a statement, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström said: At 2 am this morning local time, violent protesters stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad. The Embassy office was occupied, vandalised and [...]

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Thursday that it will impose travel restrictions on British diplomats, prohibiting them to travel outside of a 75-mile radius of the British Embassy in Moscow or the British Consulate in Yekaterinburg without advanced notice. According to the Russian MFA, the move comes in response to ‘hostile actions’ from [...]

The UK’s Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law as of Tuesday, with the House of Lords backing down on a series of amendments.  The bill provides for the deportation of those who arrive on the UK’s shores ‘illegally.’ Under the bill, anyone who arrives in the UK illegally will be detained and promptly [...]

A survey of terrorism survivors in the UK released Monday found that many survivors believe that the government’s terrorism compensation scheme is broken. In the survey, the advocacy group Survivors Against Terror found most respondents are unhappy with the Ministry of Justice’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). The survey interviewed more than 130 survivors of [...]

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan announced Thursday that the court has opened an investigation into human rights offenses committed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Security Forces (RSF) 90 days after the conflict began in Sudan. Khan appeared before the UN Security Council on Thursday to make the announcement. Khan [...]