Tunisian human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was released from prison after a ruling from the country’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday, AFP and Jeune Afrique reported. Despite the UN’s demand for her immediate and unconditional release on February 5, she is still under investigation for other charges.  The 75-year-old activist began a hunger strike in [...]

The Swedish government announced on Friday its plans to tighten the nation’s gun laws after 11 people were killed in a mass shooting at the Campus Risbergska adult school in Örebro earlier in the week. In response to the worst mass shooting in Swedish history, authorities said the key mandate was to tighten the vetting process [...]

Two bereaved families filed a case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Wednesday, claiming that the UK government’s bereavement support policy is discriminatory. Leigh Day, the law firm representing the families, said the government’s cut-off date for Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) eligibility is “arbitrary” and discriminates against unmarried, cohabitating partners and their [...]

The UK introduced the new Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill on Thursday to retain a ban on asylum seekers claiming protections under modern slavery and other human rights laws. The bill keeps certain parts of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA) which were heavily criticized and called on to be withdrawn in a joint [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that France violated Ms. H.W’s right to respect for private and family life, her right to sexual freedom, and right to bodily autonomy by granting a divorce on the grounds that she failed to perform her “marital duty” to have sexual relations with her husband. [...]

Tehran’s First Criminal Court has sentenced the popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death on appeal after he was convicted of blasphemy for “insulting Prophet Muhammad,” according to Iran International. The case was reopened after the prosecutor rejected the original sentence of five years of imprisonment. The 37-year-old musician is famous, particularly [...]

Amnesty International urged Cameroon to improve its human rights situation Thursday, responding to the country’s suspension of four non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including the Central African Human Rights Defenders Network (REDHAC), and the alleged harassment of Cameroonian lawyer and REDHAC board president Alice Nkom. On December 5, Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji issued [...]

The Criminal Division of the Seoul Western District Court on Sunday rejected former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s objection to the execution of the arrest warrant and the search warrant of the presidential resident, according to local media outlet Yonhap. Yoon’s lawyers filed the objection on Thursday, calling the warrants “illegal” and citing Article 417 of [...]

An independent UN mission on Thursday urged Venezuelan authorities to respect the rights to life, liberty and personal security of all Venezuelans. The mission also demanded the release of all arbitrarily detained individuals ahead of President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration to another term on January 10.   The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of [...]

Bosnia’s Serb Regional Parliament ordered its representatives on Wednesday to boycott votes in joint state bodies to hinder the reforms needed for EU integration. The order was made in an emergency session to discuss the response to the ongoing trial of the president of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, for refusing to annul a [...]