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Amnesty International have raised fair trial concerns Friday after the four year prison sentence handed to 19 year old protester, Saba Jikia, in Georgia. Jikia was sentenced for allegedly kicking a police officer who was lying on the ground. The fair trial concerns arise, in part, from the video evidence used by the prosecution to [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Tuesday criticizing South Korea’s age-based employment laws and policies, finding that they systematically discriminated against older workers in violation of international human rights standards. The report cites South Korea’s mandatory retirement ages, regressive wage structures, and re-employment practices as violations of international law. In compiling the report, [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia on Wednesday condemned the detention of a human rights lawyer from Kaliningrad, saying her arrest appeared to be retaliation for defending political prisoners. The case centers on Maria Bontsler, a 64-year-old human rights lawyer with a chronic medical condition. Rapporteur Mariana Katzarova said in a statement [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday found that Russia has committed grave violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) in Ukraine. Judges at the ECHR rendered a series of decisions related to consolidated complaints brought forth by Ukraine and the Netherlands since the conflict in Ukraine began in 2014. Among the alleged violations [...]

Russian election watchdog group Golos announced Tuesday of termination of its work, citing the sentencing of Grigory Melkonyants, an election expert, as a core reason. In 2013, the Ministry of Justice identified Golos, which had operated in Russia since the early 2000s, as a “foreign agent.” In the declaration, Golos shared that it only recently [...]

A Saint Petersburg court announced a case Tuesday against the bookstore Подписные издания (Subscription Editions) on charges of “LGBTQA+ propaganda.” No information is available yet regarding the reasons for the charges. On its website, the bookstore shares that it has been open since 1926, with photos that capture the involvement of the store with the [...]

The UN criticized Germany on Friday over its plans to deport Afghans back to their country, which remains under the harsh rule of the Taliban regime. This comes after German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt unveiled his plans to speak directly with the Taliban to make deportations to Afghanistan possible. Ravina Shamdasani, speaking for the Office [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned Russia’s largest wave of drone and missile attacks in Ukraine, especially noting strikes that disrupted the power supply to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), endangering nuclear safety. Guterres, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, said: The Secretary-General is alarmed by this dangerous escalation and the [...]

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs placed Nikolai Polozov, a lawyer currently residing in Ukraine, and Alla Konstantinova, a journalist with the dissident news website Mediazona, on a wanted list on Friday, according to local media. Both individuals have previously been marked as “foreign agents.” Charges against Polozov are not known yet. In December 2024, [...]

Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan on Thursday, according to local media, with the Taliban flag being raised at the Afghan embassy in Moscow. Earlier this year, Russia removed the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations, citing “the need for cooperation in combating drug trafficking and terrorism, [...]