The French National Assembly rejected the government’s immigration control and integration bill on Monday at the first reading following the adoption of a preliminary rejection motion with a majority of 270 votes in favor and 265 against. The rejection motion was submitted by the National Assembly group Les Écologistes and hindered the examination of the [...]

Madrid-based human rights organization Safeguard Defenders (SD) published a report alleging the practice of collective punishment as a political tool by the Chinese government against human rights defenders and their families on Sunday, which marked International Human Rights Day. The report, titled “FAMILIES IN FEAR: Collective Punishment in 21st Century China”, documents what it describes [...]

Legal and human rights groups have filed a legal challenge with the UK’s High Court calling for the government to stop granting licenses for weapons exports to Israel, activists said on Thursday. Al-Haq, a Palestinian independent NGO that works on protecting and promoting human rights and the rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, [...]

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree Monday dissolving the opposition-led parliament, following “the seriousness of the events of November 30 and December 1” which the president described as an “attempted coup.” The decree, which came into force immediately, states that the events “constituted an attempt to subvert the constitutional order, resulting through this [...]

Pakistan’s Supreme Court heard arguments Friday on a petition to halt the country’s removal of Afghan refugees. The petition was signed by a group of human rights activists, lawyers and politicians in November following the government’s October 3 decision to deport undocumented Afghan migrants back to Afghanistan. Despite warnings, and with the expiration of the [...]