Human Rights Watch said Friday that the Chinese government is investigating the Taiwanese legislator Puma Shen Pao-Yang (沈伯洋) for the crime of “separatism,” infringing upon his basic human rights. The announcement marks the first known application of China’s recently issued judicial guidelines targeting “Taiwan independence separatists,” representing a significant escalation in Beijing’s legal pressure on [...]
Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the Latvian government’s decision to leave the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention. The statement warned that this move, which comes amid anti-rights groups’ attempted demonization of the idea of gender equality, sets a dangerous precedent [...]
A US federal judge on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with firing almost every employee working within the Community Relations Service (CRS), a Department of Justice (DOJ) agency known as “America’s Peacemaker.” US District Judge Indira Talwani declined to grant the plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief. While Judge Talwani ruled that the plaintiffs were [...]
A US federal judge ruled Friday that the US Department of Agriculture must use previously appropriated contingency funds to continue food stamp benefits, blocking the agency’s plan to suspend payments to 41 million people starting November 1. Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts found that USDA’s interpretation of [...]
UN experts on Thursday welcomed the adoption of a landmark declaration promoting development and peace by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The move came at the 47th ASEAN Summit, held October 26 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development Surya Deva praised the declaration, calling it an “affirmation [...]
Amnesty International on Wednesday called for an investigation into a US airstrike on a migrant detention center in Sa’ada, north-western Yemen, in April. The airstrike was part of “Operation Rough Rider”—a 45-day campaign in which the US struck Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, in response tp Houthi missiles attacks on ships in the Red Sea. [...]
Devastating impacts have resulted from US state laws that require healthcare providers to notify a parent when their minor child elects to have an abortion, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Wednesday. In its formal report, “Whose Abortion Is It? The Harms of State-Mandated Parental Notification for Abortion and Judicial Bypass in the United States,” [...]
UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan members on Wednesday voiced concern over the growing risk of nation-wide conflict returning to the country. The commission pointed to increasing armed altercations, political uprisings and detentions, and human rights violations within the country. Investigators determined the majority of these tensions have resulted from widespread political corruption. [...]
A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday halted the Trump administration’s plans to layoff thousands of federal employees in the wake of the government shutdown, ruling that the administration may not proceed with any new reductions-in-force (RIF) notices issued as a result of the shutdown. US District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District [...]
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern Thursday about violent protests that erupted in Cameroon following the announcement of the presidential election results. The OHCHR called on Cameroon’s security forces to refrain from using lethal force to quell demonstrations and urged them to abide by their obligations under international [...]
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