A UN expert on Tuesday welcomed the decision by consensus during the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigative mechanism for Afghanistan. The decision also extends and supports the mandate of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. The special rapporteur, Richard Bennet, stated: “The [...]

Amnesty International called for urgent protection of civilians in central Myanmar after a nighttime attack that reportedly killed more than 20 people, including children, as motorized paragliders dropped explosives on a crowd during the traditional Thadingyut (Festival of Lights). Witnesses in Chaung-U Township said the first blasts struck around 8 PM on Monday night, as [...]

Nonprofit organization Democracy Forward sued the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI on Monday after the agency failed to release key video recordings in an alleged bribery scheme case involving former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan. Homan, currently Trump’s White House “Border Czar,” became the subject of a federal bribery investigation [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday commenced advisory opinion hearings on the right to strike under International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 87. The court will advise as to whether workers and their organizations have a right to strike under the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 [...]

A coalition of labor unions, nonprofit organizations and solar companies filed suit Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), challenging the agency’s termination of the $7 billion Solar for All program. The suit claims that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin exceeded statutory authority when he withdrew program funding in August. Plaintiffs argued that Congress only permitted [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called for the release of 75-year-old Adama Keita, the father of  Guinean journalist Maoudou Babila Keita, who was abducted by unknown people in Nzérékoré on September 29, more than a year after Babila fled the country following an attempted kidnapping. According to CPJ’s Francophone Africa representative: The circumstances [...]

Amnesty International on Monday urged Singaporean authorities to immediately halt the execution of Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, scheduled for Wednesday, October 8. The Malaysian national has been on death row since 2017 for importing 51.84 grams of diamorphine (heroin) into Singapore. Condemning the practice of mandatory death penalties for drug-related offenses as well as “multiple layers [...]

Eleven individuals, deported from the US to Ghana last month, filed a lawsuit against the Ghana government, alleging that they were illegally held in a military detention camp. The legal action reflects the chaotic fallout following the deportations, which have resulted in deportees being scattered and “dumped” into neighboring African countries. The deportees are of [...]

The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. Last week, American tech company X Corp. (formerly Twitter) announced that it would appeal a Karnataka High Court (KHC) order before the Supreme Court of India (SCI). As India’s highest court, the Supreme Court only hears appeals if the High [...]

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed suit against the Trump administration on Monday seeking to enjoin the deployment of National Guard troops. “These advances in President Trump’s long-declared ‘War’ on Chicago and Illinois are unlawful and dangerous,” the complaint asserts. The suit comes after Secretary of Defense (“Secretary of War”) Pete [...]