Amnesty International denounced Taiwan’s execution of Huang Linkai on Thursday, calling the event a “shameful setback” as it marked the first execution in Taiwan since 2020. Director of Amnesty International Taiwan E-Ling Chiu stated: “The execution of Huang Linkai (黃麟凱) was carried out in violation of constitutional and international safeguards on the use of the [...]

The Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China announced the conclusion of an unfair trading practices investigation into the European Union’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), concluding that the regulation unreasonably restricts the entry of Chinese companies’ products, services and investments into the EU market, damaging the competitiveness of Chinese companies and their products. [...]

South Korean lawmakers on Thursday introduced a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol just days after his failed attempt to enforce martial law. The motion is set for a full parliamentary vote on Saturday. Yoon is facing impeachment charges under Article 66 of the South Korean Constitution for “violating the Constitution or other laws [...]

The International Criminal Court issued a new policy on Slavery Crimes on Monday, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan stated the policy is the first “of its kind issued by an international court or tribunal.”  The policy guidelines aimed to expand the scope of acts beyond that of obvious and [...]

Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Morgan on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Canadian company Barrick Gold of committing human rights abuses against Tanzanian mine workers. Justice Morgan granted Barrick Gold’s application for forum non conveniens (inconvenient forum), agreeing that Tanzanian courts would be better suited to handle the case. The justice rejected the plaintiff’s submission that [...]

Six environmental activists have been released from police custody in Cambodia on Monday after they were detained over the weekend for trespassing in the Vern Sai Siem Reap National Park. This comes following the detention of Ouch Leng, Prum Mao, Mon Mab, Ot Latin, Tat Udom, and Heng Sros near Talat commune, Sesan district, Stung [...]

Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CES) has listed India as a cyber threat to the nation for the first time in its National Cyber Threat Assessment (NCTA) on Wednesday.  The CES, which releases the NCTA biennially, has said that India has joined states such as China, Russia, Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as [...]

Protesters picked up arms in the ongoing cost-of-living protests in the French colonial holding of Martinique on Wednesday, the local government said. According to the Prefecture of Martinique, protesters set up seven barricades during the protest and targeted firefighters and police officers on three occasions with automatic rifle fire as the authorities attempted to dismantle [...]

The United Kingdom announced that it has joined with France and Algeria to call for an urgent meeting at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza, while the Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the UK was considering sanctions on Israeli cabinet ministers.  Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the [...]

Aaron Carr, the director of the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI), announced a mass civil rights complaint against 203 real estate companies in California for illegally discriminating against Section 8 renters.  Section 8 renters refer to those eligible for rent subsidy under the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Vouchers program. The [...]