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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday warned that the latest wave of threats on journalists and media outlets in Indonesia has escalated, leading to a severe impact on press freedom across the country. According to HRW, these actions are against the fundamental principle of democracy and have led to nationwide outrage, with journalists criticizing the [...]

Two Israeli attacks in Lebanon between September and November 2024 appear to be indiscriminate attacks against civilians and should be investigated as war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed on Wednesday. HRW states that the two Israeli strikes on the town of Younine are evidence of the failure of Israeli forces to distinguish military targets [...]

Human Rights Watch submitted recommendations on Tuesday to Panama’s Ministry of the Environment regarding a draft executive decree that would regulate national, sectoral and municipal responses to climate change and adaptation, the biodiversity crisis, and the degradation of ecosystems. The submission emphasizes the need for a rights-based approach to planned communities facing climate-related displacement for [...]

Harvard University filed a lawsuit in US federal court on Monday seeking to block the Trump administration’s freeze on more than $2.2 billion in federal research funding to the university, arguing that the government’s action violates its Constitutional rights and undermines the autonomy of higher education institutions. The complaint, filed in US District Court for [...]

Twenty eight students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) in Parkland, Florida, and Florida State University (FSU) demanded Monday that Governor Ron DeSantis oppose efforts to lower the state’s minimum age to purchase a firearm after another deadly shooting last week. The letter sent Monday calls for DeSantis to reject attempts in Florida to [...]

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge Monday to an appellate court decision that struck down a Minnesota law prohibiting adults aged 18-20 from obtaining a permit to own guns and carry them in public. Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president Alan M. Gottlieb in a statement: “We are cautiously optimistic [...]

Haiti is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as gang violence intensifies, displacing over 60,000 people in just weeks and pushing the country toward collapse, a United Nations official warned Monday. UN Special Representative María Isabel Salvador told the Security Council that Haiti is “approaching a point of no return.” February and March alone saw over 1,000 [...]

Transnational organized cybercrime groups from East and Southeast Asia are rapidly expanding operations beyond the region, leveraging advanced technologies and strategic relocation to evade growing enforcement pressure, according to a new report published Monday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report, “Inflection Point: Global Implications of Scam Centres, Underground Banking [...]

The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI), a leading farmers’ body, strongly rejected the Punjab provincial government’s recently announced Rs15 billion ($17,609) wheat support package, terming it insufficient and ill-conceived. PKI President Khalid Mahmood Khokhar, addressing a press conference in Multan on Sunday, called for a guaranteed support price instead to shield farmers from mounting financial losses. [...]

The Vietnamese government has significantly escalated its suppression of dissent, increasingly punishing individuals, including ordinary citizens, for peacefully expressing concerns about state policies and public officials, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released today. Titled “We’ll All Be Arrested Soon’: Abusive Prosecutions under Vietnam’s ‘Infringing of State Interests’ Law,” the report highlights the [...]