A Lisbon, Portugal court issued a verdict on Friday that directed Mamadou Ba, a prominent advocate against racism in Portugal, to pay a significant fine of 2,400 euros, as reported by local media. The judgment found Ba guilty of defaming Mario Machado, a well-known neo-Nazi activist in the country. In his social media posts, Ba [...]

A Delhi Sessions Court observed on Wednesday that continuous seizure of editors’ and journalists’ electronic devices not only causes ‘undue hardship’ to them but “impinges upon their fundamental right of freedom of profession and speech,” according to The Wire.  This comes in light of the Delhi Police’s seizure of The Wire’s electronic devices, which had [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Friday issued a comprehensive set of fourteen directives aimed at eradicating the practice of manual scavenging across the nation. A pivotal aspect of these directives revolves around significantly raising compensation for injuries or fatalities endured by manual scavengers. Moreover, these directives are focused on achieving the “complete eradication” of [...]

On Friday, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the two adult children of Bosnian Serb and pro-Russia leader Milorad Dodik and their associated business entities for their alleged involvement in his ongoing corruption. According to the OFAC press release, companies such as Global Liberty d.o.o. Laktasi (Global Liberty), Agro Voce [...]

Personnel from Mexico’s judiciary, including administrative staff and judges, gathered outside of Mexico City’s primary federal court to launch a four-day nationwide strike on Thursday in opposition to proposed budget cuts. The gathering marked the start of the first such labor action within Mexico’s judicial system in decades. On September 19, President Andrés Manuel López [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announced on Wednesday the release of French-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi by a Taliban court in Afghanistan. Following a 284-day detention, all charges, encompassing allegations of espionage and illegal support for foreigners, were nullified during a criminal court hearing held in Kabul, as per the statement. He was immediately released from Pul-e-Charkhi [...]

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted a formal chargesheet against six individuals furnished a report regarding one ‘child in conflict with the law’ on Tuesday in connection with a video of two tribal women being paraded naked in India’s Manipur state. Following the dissemination of the incident and the related footage across social media platforms [...]

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday that at least 2,778 Palestinians have been killed and another 9,938 injured since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7. The ministry also stated that around 1,200 individuals remain missing beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings in Gaza and that 500 children have been [...]

Police authorities in the Indian state of Manipur reported an incident on Thursday wherein a group of protestors attempted to storm and vandalize the residence of the state’s Chief Minister. Security forces responded with tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd, injuring ten people. The incident occurred during a curfew that was imposed on [...]

An Egyptian court in Cairo delivered a verdict on Saturday sentencing renowned government critic Hisham Kassem to a six-month jail sentence and a fine, according to local independent media. The charges stem from an online dispute with former minister Kamal Abu Eita. Kassem has previously been lauded for his fervent support of independent journalism in [...]