The UK’s gambling regulator announced on Tuesday that it is charging 15 individuals with using confidential information surrounding election dates to “gain an unfair advantage in the betting market.” Many of the individuals charged are high-profile and have held public office. The Gambling Commission says that the charges were made following an investigation, launched in June 2024, into [...]

The government of Ireland formally agreed to allow relevant material, including reports and intelligence, to be shared with the Omagh Bombing Inquiry in order to support the Inquiry’s findings and investigations. The conditions are set out in a Memorandum of Understanding Between Omagh Bombing Inquiry and Government of Ireland relating to the Disclosure of Materials [...]

Amnesty International criticized the US’s decision to cut foreign aid funding to Yemen on Thursday, highlighting the impact the funding cuts have had on the country’s human rights crisis. As the group reports, aid workers suggested that the aid cuts have exacerbated the country’s human rights situation, and “led to the shut-down of lifesaving assistance [...]

Amnesty International (Amnesty) welcomed the “long overdue” release of Palestinian detainee Ahmad Manasra on Thursday after he spent nine and a half years detained in an Israel prison for allegedly stabbing two Israeli settlers in 2015 despite evidence to the contrary. In the press release, Amnesty underscored the miscarriage of justice and human rights violations [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that states do not have a duty to prevent parliamentary privilege from revealing information protected by privacy injunctions, reaffirming the constitutional principle of parliamentary sovereignty. Well-known British businessman Sir Philip Green brought the challenge to the court, arguing that the UK’s “lack of controls on the [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber ruled on Monday that the Consumer and Market Authority (CMA) in the Netherlands did not act unlawfully in receiving phone-tap data obtained by another law enforcement authority. In particular, the ruling held that the Competition Authority did not act in a way that was incompatible with [...]

Amnesty International has called on Ecuador’s presidential candidates to address human rights concerns if elected. The call came in an open letter released Friday ahead of the tie-breaking run-off vote due to take place on April 13. In recent years, many international bodies have raised concerns around potential human rights violations in the country. February [...]

Several French publishing associations filed a joint legal complaint on Wednesday against Meta for its alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted work to train its generative artificial intelligence, contrary to the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. The National Publishing Union (SNE), the Société des Gens de Lettres (SGDL) and the National Union of Authors and Composers [...]

The UN Human Rights spokesperson on Syria confirmed the deaths of 111 Syrian civilians in recent mass killings, in a Geneva press briefing on Tuesday. The spokesperson remarked that the true number is believed to be “significantly higher.” The spokesperson, Thameen Al Kheetan, said that the office is currently working on verifying and documenting civilian [...]

A UN expert on the human rights situation in Haiti, William O’Neill, said that the country is at risk of falling under gang control and reiterated a call for stronger action from the international community, in a statement in New York on Tuesday. This echoes the UN High Commissioner’s warning several weeks ago that Haiti’s [...]