South Korean prosecutors, led by Special Prosecutor Cho Eun-seok, are seeking a 10-year sentence for multiple charges laid against the ousted president, Yoon Suk Yeol. The charges include obstruction of arrest, primarily stemming from his 15 days spent barricaded in the official presidential residence after his declaration of martial law was overturned by the National [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday expressed concern over the recent escalation in hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia, and the danger posed to civilians. “I am alarmed by reports that areas around villages and cultural sites are being struck by fighter jets, drones, and artillery,” Commissioner Volker Türk said. Earlier in [...]

The Australian eSafety Commissioner announced on Wednesday that social media companies will be required to disclose the number of underage accounts they terminate every month, following a law that sets age restrictions for the most popular social media sites. The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 bars anyone under the age of [...]

A political prisoner died in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following 13 years of arbitrary detention and abuse, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center (EDAC) reported on Wednesday. HRW’s UAE researcher Joey Shea stated: Al-Khaja’s death follows years of arbitrary imprisonment, torture, and overall mistreatment by Emirati authorities, though he should [...]

The UN body responsible for nuclear energy policy issued a resolution on Thursday ordering Iran to disclose its stockpile of enriched uranium and allow inspections of nuclear sites bombed by the United States and Israel five months ago. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is a 180-member international organization accountable to the UN General Assembly [...]

French authorities announced Thursday that they will bring to trial the captain of the ship Boracay, a suspected Russian oil transport vessel that has been blacklisted by the EU as a part of Moscow’s “shadow fleet,” which circumvents sanctions placed on Russian oil exports. Officials boarded the Benin-flagged ship on September 27 off the coast [...]

The British government on Thursday filed to block a legal challenge to UK-based activist group Palestine Action’s designation as a terrorist organization. The UK Home Office submitted the request to divert a High Court decision from July that approved group leader Huda Ammori’s request for judicial review before the court. If the block succeeds, judicial review [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned a Kyrgyzstan court’s sentencing of two journalists on Wednesday. The journalists, Joomart Duulatov and Aleksandr Aleksandrov, worked as cameramen for the well-known anti-corruption investigative agency Kloop. They were detained on May 28, charged with inciting riots, and each face five years imprisonment. Two unnamed accountants were also charged [...]

Turkish prosecutors seized control over media conglomerate Can Holding on Thursday, citing charges of fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. Authorities issued 10 arrest warrants against various executives of the company and are reported to have raided the homes of Mehmet Sakir Can, Kemal Can, and Kenan Tekdag. The suspects also had their personal assets [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Egypt on Tuesday to end its controversial “rotation” practice, which allows authorities to arbitrarily extend prison sentences beyond their maximum term. Rotation is typically used against perceived political opponents, such as activists, protestors, lawyers, and journalists, and involves charging a prisoner with a new offense when they are [...]