The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), along with Canadian citizens John MacKinnon and Lisa Lavranos filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to overturn Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent decision to request prorogation of parliament. The challenge, filed in Federal Court, requests a judicial declaration that Parliament has not been prorogued and challenges the constitutional [...]
Amnesty International on Wednesday denounced the killing of a former Cambodian-French opposition politician in Bangkok, Thailand. Lim Kimya, a former member of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was shot by a gunman on Tuesday, as he arrived in Bangkok. Kimya, a vocal critic of the Cambodian government, was travelling from the Cambodian city of [...]
Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Ugandan authorities to overturn a military tribunal’s decision and release lawyer Eron Kiiza, who has been convicted of contempt of court without a formal trial. Kiiza was arrested after reportedly shouting at a court martial after being denied entry to the reserved space for lawyers when attempting to represent opposition [...]
Amnesty International (AI) issued a call on Wednesday for the Pakistan government to cease its arbitrary detention and harassment of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers. This appeal comes in response to alarming reports of widespread abuses by law enforcement agencies, including night raids and the detention of hundreds of Afghan individuals, including vulnerable groups such [...]
The global civil society alliance CIVICUS urgently called on Kenyan President William Ruto and his administration on Wednesday to promptly and unconditionally release 20 protesters who have been reported missing following recent civil unrest. CIVICUS called upon Ruto to fulfill his commitments regarding human rights by ensuring the release of unjustly detained individuals, addressing any harm [...]
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported on Wednesday that the escalating gang violence in Haiti has reached alarming levels, with over 5,600 reported fatalities in 2024 alone. This figure represents a significant increase of more than 1,000 deaths compared to the previous year, underscoring the dire security situation in the Caribbean nation. [...]
President-elect Donald Trump applied for a stay of criminal proceedings to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday for his hush-money case pending his interlocutory appeal for presidential immunity. The application provides several grounds to support why a stay of proceedings should be granted. One of the grounds the application argues is there is a reasonable [...]
Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that the government condemns what it called “acts of repression” perpetrated by Nicolás Maduro following allegations made by the “President-elect of Venezuela” Edmundo González. The Ministry’s statement concluded, “By demanding the immediate cessation of these practices that go against life and human dignity, the Government of Peru [...]
The Vietnamese government initiated legal proceedings on Tuesday against prominent lawyer Tran Dinh Trien for allegedly infringing upon state interests through social media criticism. Tran is scheduled for a hearing on January 9, at the People’s Court of Hanoi, facing serious charges under Article 331 of Vietnam’s penal code, which could result in a prison [...]
Ireland officially submitted a declaration of intervention on Monday in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case initiated by South Africa against Israel, concerning allegations of genocide in Gaza. In its declaration, Ireland condemned the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, labeling them as reprehensible acts of terror and severe breaches of international law. [...]
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