The Federal Police in Brazil announced on Monday that they identified and arrested the murderer of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, ending a two-year investigation into the double homicide of the Brazilian indigenous activist and the British journalist who were killed in the Javari Valley in the Amazon. The Federal Police stated that their investigations [...]

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Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty expressed his concerns in a letter published Wednesday over the situation of migrants and asylum seekers within the UN-controlled buffer zone on Cyprus. He urged the Cypriot government to abide by its obligations under international law regarding migratory movements, not only within the buffer zone but [...]

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The High Court of Malaysia decided on Wednesday that the prosecution gathered sufficient evidence to proceed with the trial of former prime minister Mohammad Najib Razak. The court also ruled that Najib Razak must take the stand to defend himself against charges of abuse of power and money laundering related to the mismanagement of the [...]

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Amnesty International reported Thursday that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are facing a deteriorating humanitarian situation, and are living under life-threatening conditions due to the absence of essential facilities. The rights group called on the belligerents in Myanmar to abide by international law, and urged the international community to provide more humanitarian support. Amnesty found that [...]

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Maltese authorities mistreated Bangladeshi nationals in detention centers, violating the European Convention on Human Rights. The European court granted the applicants compensation for non-pecuniary damages. Additionally, it urged the Maltese government to implement a national law to ensure the protection of the rights of [...]

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A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Thursday revealed that recent armed clashes between Ethiopian government forces and the Fano militia exposed thousands of Sudanese refugees in the Amhara region to major risks, including of forced deportation, in violation of international humanitarian law. HRW urged Ethiopian authorities and the international community to take all necessary [...]

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The former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, filed an urgent appeal on Monday to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Judges and Lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite. The appeal addresses the independence of jurists under the constitutional amendments proposed by the current Pakistani government. Imran Khan’s appeal to the UN regards the government’s plan to amend [...]

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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) filed an application before the Inter-Amercian Court of Human Rights against Paraguay for violation of the right to freedom of expression and judicial guarantees of Paraguayan journalist Aldo Zuccolillo Moscarda, according to a press release published on Monday. The application is related to a case that started in [...]

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A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report published on Thursday stated that the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, overlooked the European Union’s founding principles and guidelines on human rights in the mission letters she wrote to the European commissioners for the new mandate of 2024 to 2029. The report found that von [...]

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The former minister of transport of Singapore, S Iswaran pleaded guilty on Tuesday for receiving gifts worth over S $400,000 ( more than US $300,000) while in office and for obstructing the course of justice, local news agency Channel News Asia (CNA) reported. Iswaran faced charges related to his interactions with two Singaporean businessmen, Ong [...]

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