Iranian security forces cracked down on protests in Kurdish areas on Saturday. Local human rights organisation Kurdistan Human Rights Network also observed several arrests which targeted the families of the victims of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests. The Woman, Life, Freedom protest happened a year ago, after the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She died [...]

A Hong Kong court found on Tuesday a Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) student guilty of attempting to commit sedition by obtaining a banner of The Pillar of Shame, according to local news reports. The student pleaded guilty to the charge of attempting to commit sedition over her plan to display a banner of [...]

Amnesty International, along with over 200 civil society organizations, called upon participating governments of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) on Wednesday to address the human rights records and climate policies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The COP28, an annual conference of governments from around the world to discuss climate policies, is scheduled [...]

The President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik, claimed on Thursday that he instructed police to arrest and deport High Representative Christian Schmidt upon his entry to RS territory. Reuters reported that these statements were made at a press conference with Bosnia and Herzegovina Security Minister Nenad Nešić, who supports Dodik’s actions. The RS is one [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that Taliban authorities are perpetrating gender persecution against women and girls in Afghanistan. Following the conclusion of the report, international justice director at HRW Elizabeth Evenson called for coordinated support by from the international community to ensure that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has the resources and needed cooperation [...]

Four Hong Kong university students attempted to file an appeal overturning their riot convictions and sentences on Tuesday. However, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal unanimously refused to grant them leave to appeal on the same day. Judge Derek Pang Wai-cheong asserted that the court is starting to lose patience with riot defendants, claiming they [...]

Ontario Integrity Commissioner J. David Wake issued an inquiry report on Thursday against Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark over alleged violations of his integrity related to the ongoing Ontario Greenbelt scandal. Wake concluded that Clark had put himself into a position with a conflict of interests. Wake also found that Clark used insider information to [...]

The European Union (EU) claimed on Friday that Hong Kong experienced declines in autonomy, democracy, and fundamental freedoms in its 2022 report on Hong Kong . The EU also cast doubt on China’s commitment to its  ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle. The Hong Kong government released a statement in response on Saturday, countering that claims [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called upon the Chinese government on Wednesday to address the widespread phenomenon of racist content on the Chinese internet. HRW also suggested that Chinese social media platforms should implement its mechanism of removing critical content against the Chinese government to combat racism. HRW found that racist content against Black people has [...]

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an indictment against the president of the Republika Srpska on Friday for failing to execute the decisions of the High Representative to annul a law undermining the power of the constitutional court. The Office of the High Representative welcomed the indictment and called on all citizens and [...]