The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is currently hearing a case, Lidkea v. Correctional Service Canada, regarding the rights of deaf people in federal prison. The complainant, Timothy Lidkea, a deaf Métis inmate, filed a complaint against Correctional Service Canada, the respondent, claiming that he had experienced seclusion due to a lack of accommodations within the [...]
An investigation into the death of a former Salvadoran security official revealed significant flaws, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced Tuesday. Alejandro Muyshondt had been serving as a national security advisor to El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in August 2023 when he was arrested on charges of having disclosed state secrets to a political adversary. His arrest [...]
A spokesperson for the French government, Maude Bregeon, announced on Sunday that France’s newly appointed interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, has proposed a new immigration law to be adopted by the beginning of 2025 “to protect the French people.” According to Bregeon, the essential point of the new immigration law would be to prolong detention periods [...]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced plans Sunday to temporarily limit asylum from neighboring countries Belarus and Russia, sparking criticism from human rights groups. Tusk stated the plan responds to recent efforts by Russia and Belarus to coordinate the “mass transfer of people” across the Polish border, resulting in security and stability concerns that could [...]
The Meta Oversight Board on Tuesday upheld Meta’s decision to take down an Instagram post showing an Iranian beautician preparing a 14-year-old girl for her wedding, citing a policy against the promotion of forced child marriages. The Board also urged Meta to clarify in its policy that forced marriages include any child marriage involving individuals [...]
The High Court of Sindh on Monday rejected a petition to prevent the Federal Cabinet from approving the proposed 26th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan. The High Court rejected the request based on a Supreme Court of Pakistan precedent that bars courts from intervening in legislation unless it is for already enacted legislation that [...]
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly announced on Monday the expulsion of six Indian consular officials and diplomats, following a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation into crimes allegedly connected to the Indian government. Pursuant to the results of their investigation, the RCMP found “Indian diplomats and consular officials based in Canada leveraged their [...]
The Singapore Ministry of Law introduced the Administration of Justice (Protection) (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to Parliament on Monday. The bill aims to safeguard the process of administering justice and prevent the misuse of court procedures. Introduced by Minister of Law Murali Pillai the amendment updates the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act, 2016, which consolidated laws [...]
An 80-year old ex-officer of East Germany’s Stasi secret police force was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday by the Berlin Regional Court for the murder of Czeslaw Kukuczka in 1974. The 10-year sentence was lower than the 12 years demanded by prosecutors. Kukuczka failed to show up to work on March 3, 1974, [...]
The Philippines intensified the use of Facebook to undermine young activists’ rights to free speech and protest, Amnesty International reported on Monday. The report documents a coordinated campaign of state-sponsored harassment and intimidation. The group contended that government officials and security forces are weaponizing social media platforms, particularly Facebook, to engage in “red-tagging,” which involves [...]
