The Bandung High Court Monday sentenced a teacher, Herry Wirawan, to death for raping 13 students at an Islamic boarding school. The victims were between 12 and 16 years old. It was further found that he impregnated at least eight of the victims. The Bandung District Court had earlier sentenced him to life imprisonment, but [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a statement Friday raising alarm about Russia’s recent adoption of a punitive “fake news” law. According to the experts, the law places Russia under a “total information blackout” on the war. The Russian parliament had unanimously voted for certain amendments to the Criminal [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Tajikistan authorities Monday to restore internet connectivity in the autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO), and urged federal authorities to ensure due process for a political activist from the region whose whereabouts remain unknown weeks after he was detained. The trouble in the GBAO began in late November, when the shooting [...]

An accountability court based in Lahore acquitted Mir Shakilur Rehman, the editor-in-chief of the Jang Media Group, of corruption charges on Monday. Jang Media Group is Pakistan’s largest independent news conglomerate. The company owns popular news stations, such as Geo News, and numerous newspapers, including Jang and The News. Rehman was arrested in 2020 by [...]

The High Court of Namibia Thursday ruled against recognizing same-sex marriages. The judge agreed with the arguments put forward by the applicants, but he held that the High Court is bound by precedent. The Supreme Court had previously held in the case of Chairperson of the Immigration Selection Board v. Frank that same-sex relationships are [...]

The Tagansky District Court of Moscow issued an additional fine of 2 million rubles ($28,085) against Google Monday for not deleting previously prohibited content. This latest fine brings the total amount imposed on Google by the court to approximately 41 million rubles. A new Article 13.41 was added to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative [...]

The Supreme Court of India has issued directions while seeking a status report on the rehabilitation of children in street situations. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and all the state governments and the union territories have been directed to submit the status report within two weeks. The top court had taken [...]

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ordered Poland on Wednesday to pay 1,000,000 euros per day until Poland complies with the obligations arising from its July 14 Order, which held that the disciplinary regime for judges in Poland was not compatible with EU law. The court had further asked Poland to suspend [...]

The French Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) ordered the government Friday to repair the environmental damages caused by the state’s failure to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets. The ruling also ordered the Prime Minister to take immediate action to prevent further aggravation of damage. The court gave a deadline of December 31, 2022, for damage compensation. [...]

Amazon filed an appeal at the Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal on Friday challenging an $865M fine imposed by Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD). The penalty was handed down for violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The retail giant was first brought under scrutiny by La Quadrature du Net, a French Privacy Advocacy group [...]