The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on Thursday urged governments to improve their records on business and human rights. The statement comes ahead of the Forum on Business and Human Rights to take place from November 25-27 in Geneva. The rights experts stated that “governments have a duty, not an option, to [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted Thursday on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. The charges were announced by Attorney General Avichai Mandelbilt. The indictment lists three cases—4000, 2000 and 1000—and also indicts Shaul and Iris Elovitch and Arnon Mozes. Case 4000 addresses bribery and breach of trust. Netanyahu is accused of [...]

The US House Intelligence Committee on Thursday conducted their final public impeachment inquiry before Congress heads out for the Thanksgiving holiday. The committee heard testimony from Fiona Hill, a former top Russian adviser to the Trump administration, and David Holmes, a diplomat in the US embassy in Kiev, Ukraine. During his opening statement Holmes highlighted his [...]

Apple and Intel jointly filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Fortress Investment Group Wednesday. The allegations filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California are that Fortress has stockpiled patents and sued on those patents demanding as much as $5.1 billion from Apple. The firms connected with Fortress have filed 25 [...]

The US House of Representatives voted 417-1 Wednesday to pass legislation supporting Hong Kong protesters. Th Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act aims to place sanctions on individuals who have committed human rights violations in Hong Kong. It would also require an annual review by the State Department to ensure that Hong Kong maintains [...]

Amnesty International reported Thursday that Aisha el-Shater is critically ill in prison due to torture and denial of medical treatment. Aisha is the daughter of Muslim Brotherhood senior leader Khairat el-Shater, and it is believed her treatment is a result of their relationship. The group is calling on Egyptian authorities to end this detention, stating [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday verified evidence confirming the death of more than 100 protesters in Iran as the country entered its fifth day of a state-imposed communication blackout after protests erupted on Friday in response to a sharp increase in fuel prices. Amnesty is alleging numerous specific charges that they believe “reveal a harrowing pattern [...]

A former staff member of the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong issued a statement via Facebook on Wednesday describing an “illegal process” of “torture, threats, and coercion” by Chinese authorities. Simon Cheng, the consulate employee and a Hong Kong citizen, was detained for 15 days while returning from a business trip to mainland China in [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of California ruled Tuesday that asylum-seekers at the US border before mid-July would not be subject to the asylum limitations on non-Mexican nationals that had not first sought asylum in Mexico. The relevant ban mandates: Additional limitation on eligibility for asylum. Notwithstanding the provisions [...]

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sentenced Frederic Masudi Alimasi to life in prison on Tuesday after a two-month trial. Alimasi, also known as Kokodikoko, is head of the Raia Mutomboki, one of the most powerful militia groups operating in the Eastern DRC. He and four others were arrested in April [...]