Rights organizations condemned legal proceedings against the Istanbul Bar Association’s (ISBA) executive board on Monday, warning that they are incompatible with Türkiye’s international human rights obligations and constitute a direct assault on the independence of the legal profession. The legal proceedings were brought after the Istanbul Bar Association issued a statement in response to the [...]

107 rights organizations signed an open letter published Thursday that implored the UN Human Rights Council to establish an international mechanism to hold Afghanistan accountable for past and ongoing human rights violations. Organizations argued that the UN Human Rights Council has failed to institute measures to address international crimes committed within the country, particularly under [...]

UN experts on Monday called for the immediate and unconditional release of a Malian civil society activist who has been detained since November 2023 despite a court issuing an order for his release. Clément Mamadou Dembélé was originally jailed for allegedly making death threats against the transitional president and his family. In April, a court [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his call for a ceasefire on Thursday at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, just a day after the “preliminary phase” of the Israeli military’s offensive plan began in Gaza. Secretary-General Guterres urged that it is “vital to immediately reach a ceasefire in Gaza.” He emphasized, “he decision [...]

Google on Monday admitted to engaging in anti-competitive conduct by pre-installing its search engine on certain manufacturers’ and telcos’ Android mobile phones. The admission comes as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) initiated Federal Court proceedings against Google Asia Pacific. The company agreed to pay a total penalty of $55 million. The ACCC investigation [...]

Human Rights Watch and the Middle East Democracy Center raised alarm on Monday over the increasing use of the death penalty without due process in Saudi Arabia this year, calling the practice a means to crush peaceful dissent. They highlighted the executions of Turki al-Jasser, Abdullah al-Shamri, Salman al-Odah, Muhammad al-Ghamdi, and the mass execution [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday urged Iraqi authorities to reopen Al-Baghdadia TV’s satellite channel and to free its director and presenter, Ali Al-Dhabhawi. CPJ’s Levant Program Coordinator Doja Daoud blasted the concurrent enforcement actions, stating: The closure of Al-Baghdadia TV and the imprisonment of its director mark a deeply alarming escalation in [...]

A new study released by a UK-based charitable organization on Monday revealed the pressures and threats faced by academics and students engaged in Chinese-related studies at British universities. The study, titled “Cold Crisis: Academic freedom and interference in China studies in the UK,” was conducted by group UK-China Transparency, based on an anonymous survey of [...]

On Wednesday, the UN high commissioner for human rights welcomed the ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand while urging both countries to pursue a civil de-escalation process. High Commissioner Volker Türk asserted that it is important for both sides to ensure that victims of the violence receive redress in line with international human rights and humanitarian [...]

Amnesty International criticized the International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor on Monday for dashing the hopes of survivors of atrocities by the military in Nigeria, after failing to formally open an investigation more than five years after finding that an investigation in Nigeria is warranted. The Nigerian military is accused of having slaughtered 640 [...]