A UN expert on Friday warned of the gradual erosion of the rights of human rights defenders and activists in Sweden, amid ongoing restrictions on their ability to exercise their freedoms of expression, assembly, and association. Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders to the Office of the United Nations High [...]
A United Nations special rapporteur warned Friday that air pollution is contributing to widespread human rights violations worldwide, calling on governments to take urgent action to reduce pollution and protect the right to a healthy environment. In a report presented to the UN Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, [...]
Amnesty International on Thursday called on Ethiopian authorities to investigate allegations of sexual violence and torture committed by fighters of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in the country’s Oromia region. According to Amnesty International, women and girls in the region have reportedly been subjected to serious abuses such as rape and other forms of sexual [...]
A group of UN experts warned Friday that the genocide in Gaza is spilling into the West Bank as a wider war engulfs the region. The experts argue that Israeli policy is designed to coerce Palestinians to leave. Between 2021 and 2025 there have been at least 11,555 arrests amid claims of arbitrary detention, 2,386 [...]
Amnesty International on Friday condemned the recently adopted “Criminal Procedure Regulation of the Courts” (De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama) in Afghanistan, citing concerns that the piece of legislation was regressive in nature and discriminated against the rights of women, girls and minority groups in the country. Commenting on the severity of human rights violations infringed as [...]
Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai will not appeal his national security conviction or the accompanying 20-year prison sentence, according to one of his lawyers and a Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) report on Friday. Lai was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment last month for two counts of conspiring to collude [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on Kyrgyz authorities to deliver “tangible safety measures” and meaningful access to justice for women and girls with disabilities, citing new survey data showing pervasive psychological, physical, sexual and economic abuse as well as continued barriers to reporting and protection. HRW frames these accounts as consistent with its [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday introduced a proposed rule that would establish a formal procedure for reviewing complaints and allegations of professional misconduct against department attorneys before they are taken up by state disciplinary authorities. The proposal, which comes amid increasing scrutiny of the department’s attorneys and their adherence to ethical obligations in implementing Trump [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled by an 8-1 majority on Friday that Quebec’s subsidized daycare regulation discriminated against women refugee claimants. The ruling requires Quebec to include refugee claimant parents as a group eligible for daycare subsidies. At issue is Section 3 of Quebec’s Reduced Contribution Regulation, which lists the population groups eligible to [...]
Indonesia announced on Friday a new policy banning social media and online platforms for children under the age of 16, aiming to protect youth from online abuse. Under the new regulation, existing accounts belonging to users under 16 will be deactivated starting March 28. Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid stated that the restriction [...]
