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Georgian authorities are increasingly using newly adopted restrictions on public assembly to arbitrarily detain and harass peaceful protesters, effectively undermining the right to protest and freedom of assembly in the country. The findings underscore mounting concerns over restrictive legislation and enforcement practices that place disproportionate constraints on dissenting voices. Amendments to Georgia’s Law on Assemblies [...]

The Chinese defense ministry announced  Saturday that top general Zhang Youxia is being investigated for “suspected serious discipline and law violations,” allegations commonly understood to mean corruption. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) made the decision to put him under investigation. Zhang, 75, is China’s highest ranking general who holds senior [...]

The UN Human Rights Council adopted Draft resolution A/HRC/S-39/L.1 Friday, calling for an urgent investigation into allegations of recent and ongoing serious human rights breaches, abuses, and crimes perpetrated in relation to the protests that began on December 28. It was approved with 25 votes in favor, seven against, and 14 abstentions from its member [...]

Amnesty International on Friday urged Bangladeshi political parties to address critical human rights issues before the national elections on February 12. The organization is calling on all candidates to make human rights a central part of their platforms during and after the election. Amnesty’s report lists several areas that any new government must take seriously, [...]

A sessions court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday sentenced human rights lawyer Iman Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, fellow lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha, to a combined 17 years imprisonment on multiple charges related to controversial social media posts. The two were charged in accordance with the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). According to the [...]

Malaysia’s anti-corruption commission (MACC) on Friday arrested the country’s former Armed Forces chief, Mohamad Nizam Jaafar, as part of the ongoing anti-corruption crackdown within the military. Nizam has been charged with two counts of abuse of power, one count of criminal breach of trust, and one count of accepting gifts; all of which he has [...]

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Friday hailed Malaysia’s positive developments in maternal and infant health care, while questioning the use of penalties for children convicted in serious crimes and calling for alternatives to institutionalization for children. Following its review of Malaysia’s latest periodic report, the committee commended the country’s efforts [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, on Friday expressed grave concern about Israel’s ongoing systemic attacks against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the UN, and the Palestinian people. The remarks come following Israeli forces’  demolition of the UNRWA compound in East [...]

Michigan Attorney General (AG) Dana Nessel on Friday filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against several large oil companies, alleging a decades-long conspiracy to suppress renewable energy competition. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan, names BP, Chevron, Exxon, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute as the defendants. The [...]

Philadelphia filed suit on Thursday against the National Park Service (NPS), after it removed educational panels about slavery from Independence National Historical Park. The panels were located at the President’s House Site, and informed visitors about the slaves held by George and Martha Washington in Philadelphia, when it was the nation’s capital. The suit alleges [...]