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The Belgian Prosecutor’s Office conducted 21 searches in the Brussels Capital, along with several regions in Flanders and Portugal on Thursday. The Brussels Examining Magistrate initiated an investigation into corruption allegations within the European Parliament and the Chinese technological company Huawei. According to the statement, the prosecutor’s office alleged that up to 15 former and [...]

Justice for Myanmar (JFM) released a statement calling on the United Nations to investigate possible conflicts of interest with its Special Envoy to Myanmar due to her possible links with Chinese state-owned entities. The Special Envoy, Julie Bishop, served as the Australian minister of foreign affairs from 2013-2018 and was appointed to her position as [...]

A Hong Kong District Court on Tuesday convicted social worker Jackie Chen of “rioting.” Chen mediated between the protesters and the police during the 2019 anti-government protests in Hong Kong, and urged the police not to fire non-lethal bullets. She also called on them to maintain peace. The judgment follows an appeal by the Secretary [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that governments should provide more support to Tibetans in exile, in a statement marking the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China. On March 10, 1959, Tibetans gathered in Lhasa, to protest against Chinese occupation and protect the Dalai Lama, who was under the threat of assassination. [...]

JURIST Senior Editor for Long Form Content Pitasanna Shanmugathas interviews Aviva Chomsky, a historian, author, and activist whose work challenges dominant narratives about immigration, labor, and colonialism. Chomsky, a professor of history and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University, has spent over 30 years engaged in Latin American solidarity and immigrant [...]

Amnesty International called for a global legally binding treaty to regulate the production of electric shock equipment, in a report published on Thursday. The report documents the widespread practice of the use of electric shock for torture and other forms of ill-treatment, violating international human rights law. The new report documents how law enforcement agencies [...]

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal on Thursday unanimously upheld the conviction of opposition activist Tam Tak Chi for uttering seditious words under now-repealed section 10(1)(b) of the Crimes Ordinance. The case concerns whether the prosecution must prove the defendant’s intention to incite third parties to violence or public order for a sedition offense. [...]

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal on Thursday unanimously quashed the convictions of opposition activists Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong for failing to comply with notices to provide information under Article 43 of the China-imposed National Security Law (NSL). The legal dispute concerns provisions of section 3(3) in Schedule 5 of Implementation [...]

Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra claimed on Monday that the deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China was in accordance with human rights standards. Citing photos published by the Chinese authorities, Shinawatra stated her confidence that “China will take good care of this group of people.” “We actually did everything correctly on human rights,” Shinawatra told [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on Russian authorities to halt legal action against a journalist who criticized the invasion of Ukraine and faces a possible prison sentence of up to 10 years. CPJ program director Carlos Martínez de la Serna said the case against journalist Ekaterina Barabash “demonstrate how Russian authorities [...]