Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Turkish NGO Freedom of Expression Association (İfade Özgürlüğü Derneği, İFÖD) warned in a statement on Friday that the Turkish government’s blanket blockage of Instagram violates users’ freedom of expression and access to information. The organizations argued that not only is the move a blatant breach of the right to freedom [...]
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court announced on Thursday that the treason trial of Ksenia Khavana, a dual citizen of the US and Russia, had reached its final stage. During closing arguments, the prosecutor requested that Khavana be sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, followed by a two-year restriction of freedom [...]
A US federal jury on Thursday convicted Manuel Chang, a former finance minister of Mozambique, of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering for his involvement in a two billion dollar loan fraud to fund fishing projects. The charges can lead to a prison sentence of up to 20 years. The jury found Chang guilty after [...]
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Friday in an X (formerly Twitter) post that it charged 159 people following public disorder in the country. This comes after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that individuals involved in the public disorder may be rapidly processed through law courts. The CPS announcement said that it [...]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved an amendment to its Pre-School and School Education Act on Wednesday, prohibiting its education system from promoting LGBTQ+ views in schools. The anti-LGBTQ+ law, introduced four weeks ago by far-right and pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane, received an overwhelming majority in Bulgaria’s 240-seat parliament, securing 135 votes in favor, 57 against and eight abstentions. [...]
Police in Barcelona, Spain failed to arrest Catalonia’s former leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday after Puigdemont appeared before a crowd at a separatist rally to deliver a speech. Puigdemont marched toward the Catalonian Parliament while surrounded by his supporters and vanished after the speech. It is unknown how he entered Spain or vanished after the [...]
The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday refused Shamima Begum’s application for permission to appeal the 2019 decision to revoke her British citizenship, ruling that the grounds of appeal “do not raise an arguable point of law”. The decision comes after Begum lost her Court of Appeal challenge in February this year, in a protracted legal challenge [...]
The UK government, Wednesday, urged social media platforms to take responsibility for harmful online content in light of the surge of violent anti-immigration riots sweeping the UK and a recent online anti-immigration “hit list.” Government regulator OfCom has released an open letter to UK online service providers about content on their platforms which may incite [...]
Civil society representatives spoke to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, arguing that gender perspectives must be integrated into all components of peace missions. The speakers emphasized that the “critical situation in Sudan provides fundamental lessons for the United Nations to draw down or terminate peacekeeping missions in other transitional countries where women’s lives are at [...]
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the Police Reforms Working Group published a statement on Wednesday urging the National Police Service to respect and uphold human rights ahead of demonstrations in the country planned for Thursday. The joint statement underscores the police’s constitutional commitment to preserve the right to peaceful assembly while also protecting [...]
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