Articles Tagged with press freedom advocate

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UN experts condemned on Wednesday the conviction of the lawyers and human rights defenders, Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, by the District and Sessions Court in Islamabad, Pakistan. Several independent experts, including the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights [...]

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The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned terrorist attacks which took place in Balochistan Province, Pakistan on January 31. The attacks killed 48 people, 31 of whom were civilians. In a press release issued by Council President James Kariuki of the United Kingdom, the Council described the attacks as “heinous and cowardly.” It expressed sympathy [...]

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Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the January 3 attack by the US military on Venezuela and the prosecution of the Maduro government. On January 3, the Trump administration claimed that it conducted a large strike on Venezuela, resulting in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.  US President Trump said he [...]

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UN peacekeepers were forced to temporarily suspend their patrols along the Israel-Lebanon Blue Line on Sunday in response to the Israeli military releasing what they referred to as a “non-toxic substance.” Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) told the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that they would be carrying out an “aerial activity dropping what [...]

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The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human  Rights (Geneva Academy) published a report on Monday that detailed numerous serious human rights violations and war crimes between July 2024 and December 2025 across 23 armed conflicts, and emphasized increased risks posed to journalists and aid workers in conflict zones. The report, titled “War Watch,” [...]

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Spain’s Prime Minister on Tuesday announced plans to prohibit minors from accessing social media, as part of regulatory measures to address online safety concerns. The announcement came at the World Governments Summit hosted in Dubai. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez opened the forum by stating that social media and digital platforms have become an environment where [...]

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A US federal judge delivered an order on Monday allowing the Sunrise Wind project to continue operations off the coast of New York state’s Long Island. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction requested by Denmark-owned company Orsted in response to President Donald Trump’s [...]

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Thirteen plaintiffs, including an immigration nonprofit, a legal clinic, and US citizens, filed a lawsuit against the Department of State (DOS) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday, seeking to overturn a visa ban recently instituted by President Donald Trump’s administration. The new policy aims to prevent immigration “for nationalities at high risk of [...]

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French prosecutors conducted search operations at the offices of social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in Paris on Tuesday, investigating suspected algorithmic abuse and a wide range of other cyber offenses allegedly committed by the platform and its executives. The Prosecutor’s Office of Paris stated that these operations were part of a broader investigation into [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled last Wednesday that Montgomery County, Maryland, may require teachers to use students’ preferred pronouns and prohibit teachers from sharing information about gender identity with parents. The 2-1 opinion, written by Judge Robert Bruce King, held that the school board’s policy requiring teachers to use preferred [...]

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