UN experts warned Tuesday that proposed French legislation to target antisemitism, dubbed the PPL Yadan Bill, could jeopardize freedom of expression. The experts stated: “Criminal law should not suppress different views about current or past events, however inaccurate, unpopular, or shocking, unless such expression is intended to incite violence and is objectively likely to do [...]

Haitian National Police on Monday announced the arrest of five people and two employees of the Institute for the Safeguarding of National Heritage (ISPAN) involved in a stampede at the Citadelle Laferrière. The incident at the mountaintop heritage site was reportedly a result of “severe overcrowding, linked in particular to deficiencies in crowd management measures” [...]

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Brazil’s former intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem on Monday after he fled Brazil to avoid a 16-year prison sentence for his role in an alleged coup attempt. The detention was first brought to light by a Brazilian senator. ICE confirmed Ramagem’s detention through its online detainee database but offered [...]

Amnesty International on Monday urged Venezuelan authorities to ensure that a newly enacted amnesty law is employed justly and impartially, following reports of arbitrary application. The rights group expressed concerns that Venezuelan courts have selectively applied the law, which grants “full and general” amnesty for people detained or convicted for political offenses. While many political [...]

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Denise Brown, warned on Sunday that the African country is being “abandoned.” The global rollback of humanitarian assistance, as well as the proliferation of armed conflict and climate disasters, has squeezed humanitarian organizations to the brink, and the global response to Sudan has been especially inadequate. So far, the [...]

Peru’s National Office of Electoral Process (ONPE) extended presidential and congressional elections into a second day Monday after a private contractor failed to deliver ballots to dozens of polling stations across Lima, preventing more than 52,000 citizens from voting on time. The Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE), Peru’s top electoral court, approved ONPE’s request for [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday reported that Israeli strikes on four Iranian oil depots put the health of civilians and the environment at risk and may constitute war crimes under international humanitarian law. The group warned that the release of toxic pollutants may impose long-term effects on man-made and natural environments. HRW alerted to [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Hungary’s incoming government to take immediate steps to restore fundamental rights and dismantle laws and institutions used to suppress dissent, following opposition leader Péter Magyar’s landslide victory in Sunday’s elections that is set to end 16 years of rule under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.  The organization called for [...]

The UK Metropolitan Police on Saturday arrested 523 people for supporting Palestine Action, a proscribed organization. Those arrested ranged in age from 18 to 87 years old. Hundreds of people gathered in Trafalgar Square on Saturday to peacefully protest the ongoing classification of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization under the UK Terrorism Act 2000. [...]

Human Rights Watch on Friday condemned the Georgian authorities for their expulsion of an Azerbaijani journalist, Afgan Sadigov, to Azerbaijan, exposing him to a credible risk of politically motivated prosecution and ill-treatment. “Georgian authorities returned Sadigov to a country where he faces a real risk of persecution, without properly assessing that risk, and summary proceedings [...]