Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Caribbean Island of Dominica to investigate the police attacks on a journalist last month during the protests, which erupted in response to the passage of certain legislation. A police officer allegedly verbally abused EmoNews journalist Soana Benjamin and seized her equipment. RSF executives have demanded an investigation stating: Soana [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Burkina Faso authorities on Friday to immediately release three journalists detained last month after videos surfaced on social media showing them in military uniforms. Guézouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem were captured amid escalating concerns over press freedom in the country. In a two-minute video posted by [...]

A Thai student protester was arrested in Bangkok on Friday for calling Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing a “murderer” and criticizing the Thai government for supporting him during his attendance at the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit. Hlaing’s visit to the Thai capital came days after Myanmar [...]

The Iranian authorities are set to carry out finger amputation sentences against three prisoners as early as April 11, Amnesty International warned Friday. The rights group stated that amputation sentences, amounting to torture, and the denial of legal representation are violations of international law. Iranian authorities have informed the men — Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharifian [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged Argentine authorities to investigate security forces’ “excessive” use of force in quelling a protest led by pensioners advocating for greater access to pensions, medical care, and other social safety nets. HRW Americas director Juanita Goebertus stated: “There is strong evidence that members of the security forces responded with [...]

Massachusetts state and local elected officials, including Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, joined Tufts University on Thursday in calls for the immediate release of doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk. The university maintains that Ozturk did not violate any Tufts’ policy, while Massachusetts officials have accused the federal government of violating Ozturk’s free speech and due process rights. [...]

UN human rights experts on Friday called on Pakistan to stop displacing Afghans from the cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, and further urged authorities not to carry out deportations to Afghanistan. The UN experts urged the Pakistani government to continue its role as a neighboring host country for Afghan refugees. The experts stated: “We urge [...]

During the War on Terror, force drift was explained to me as the concept that increasing levels of force are seen to be reasonable, and there is an almost unstoppable trend toward the use of more and more force.  Absent clear rules of engagement and without strong leadership, force drift is inevitable. Maybe these days [...]

A US federal judge on Thursday refused to block the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from denying funding to projects deemed to “promote gender ideology,” saying the agency has temporarily abandoned those prohibitions and is in the midst of re-evaluating them. In a 47-page ruling, Senior US District Judge William E. Smith denied a [...]