Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) reportedly started the process of confiscating the property of human trafficking suspects Tuesday on the directions given by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Sharif had directed the authorities to expedite the process in the first week of January. According to local newspaper DAWN, FIA has begun seizing the property under the [...]

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) released a press release on Monday charging that Iran has escalated its crackdown on human rights lawyers and other dissenters as part of its expanding suppression of dissent. The authorities are using intimidation and prosecution, with five prominent lawyers being arrested and sentenced in the last month. [...]

A Finnish court denied on Friday the release of the oil tanker Eagle S, which was suspected of damaging undersea cables and a power line in the Baltic Sea. The Finnish authorities are also investigating potential sanctions violations involving its Russian oil cargo. The Helsinki District Court upheld the seizure of the oil tanker, which was [...]

Brazilian authorities held a hearing on Friday to discuss the charges of human trafficking against Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams Auto Do Brasil (BYD Brazil) related to the treatment of 163 workers on BYD’s site.  The joint virtual hearing involving BYD Brazil, JinJiang Open Engineering and government representatives addressed the protection measures for 163 workers who [...]

A New York federal court on Thursday indicted Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and other executives of his renewable energy company. The charges include conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud and substantive securities fraud in a multi-billion USD scheme to obtain funds from US investors and global financial institutions on the basis of false and [...]

Croatia’s anti-corruption authority, Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK),  on Thursday launched an investigation against the former health minister Vili Beroš, in addition to two other companies, for allegations of corruption through the public health system.  USKOK initiated an investigation against three Croatian citizens on suspicion of participating in a criminal [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Friday directed the newly formed Jammu & Kashmir union territory government to frame a policy for the premature release of prisoners. The Supreme Court directed the Jammu & Kashmir administration to develop a policy on the premature release of prisoners after a former security personnel who was convicted of [...]

The Supreme Court of India, by a 4-3 majority, delivered Friday a landmark judgment laying down the test to determine the scope of minority educational institutions under the equality provision of the country’s constitution. First, the court clarified that Article 30(1) of the Indian Constitution serves a dual purpose — an anti-discrimination safeguard and a [...]

India’s Delhi High Court on Tuesday lifted the ban on Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satanic Verses” due to the government’s failure to promulgate the ban in 1988. The controversial novel is especially known for being considered blasphemous by Muslims. The petitioner challenged the ban, reportedly imposed on October 5, 1988, as unconstitutional and requested the [...]

The Supreme Court of India held Wednesday that all citizens have the fundamental right to live in a pollution-free environment under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. Article 21 of the Constitution guarantees the rights to life and personal liberty, stating that no one shall be deprived of these except in accordance with the law. [...]