Amnesty International on Monday condemned the first two years of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration as a “human rights calamity.” Amnesty said that although Duterte claimed to improve the rule of law throughout the Philippines, his policies have led to an increase in violence and had a disproportionate impact on impoverished Filipinos. More specifically, Amnesty [...]

The European Commission  announced on Tuesday that it has fined  ASUS, Phillips, Denon & Marantz and Pioneer a total of €111 million (USD $129 million) in four separate cases for online price fixing in violation of EU competition regulations. The manufacturers are accused of compelling online retailers to offer their products at a minimum price under threats of [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday expressed concern over the recent violence along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel that has left multiple Palestinian civilians dead. Speaking to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Zeid noted that the past two [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts  ruled  Monday that a lawsuit against the Trump administration concerning the decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians, Salvadorans and Hondurans can proceed, saying the claims accusing the administration of terminating TPS for the three countries under the influence of racial motivations [...]

The International Court of Justice  found  on Monday, by a vote of eight judges to seven, that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) acted against the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) when it ordered all Qatari citizens to leave the country within fourteen days in June of 2017. In Qatar v. [...]

The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, announced  Thursday that it was referring Hungary to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for violations of EU treaties regarding protections for asylum seekers. The European Commission had been threatening  Hungary since 2015, saying that their asylum laws were not compatible with EU law. After Hungary passed amendments [...]

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was sentenced to eight more years in prison on Friday following her involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal. This latest sentence stems from charges relating to interference in the the country’s 2016 Parliamentary Elections and the collection of 3.5 billion won in illegal payments from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. In [...]

Israel’s Knesset approved a bill  Wednesday that champions the Jewish nation-state and Jewish national identity. T he bill passed by a 62-55 margin. The bill designates the state of Israel as the national home of the Jewish people, Jerusalem as its capital and Hebrew as its official language. It reaffirms the Star of David and the [...]

Human rights advocacy group Fortify Rights called called Thursday for the arrest of top officials in Myanmar, alleging that authorities made “extensive and systematic preparations” for attacks against Rohingya civilians. In its report, Fortify Rights stated it found “reasonable grounds for arrest warrants.” The activist organization singled out 22 military and police officials connected with [...]

The Organization of American States  passed a resolution  on Wednesday denouncing violence in Nicaragua, particularly the violence committed against members of the Roman Catholic clergy and other protesters by the Nicaraguan government.  The resolution also advocated that the Nicaraguan government adopt an electoral calendar to strengthen democracy and participate in a national dialogue. Twenty-one member states approved  the [...]