Belarusian prisoner of conscience and opposition politician Mikalai Statkevich was released from imprisonment on Friday after suffering a stroke in January. Following his release, Amnesty International reiterated the need for justice for victims of human rights violations in Belarus. Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe director, stated: “Releasing a prisoner of conscience after he has [...]
Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is set to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a crucial pre-trial hearing next week, a milestone in the long-running international case alleging crimes against humanity linked to Duterte’s administration’s controversial “war on drugs.” The hearing, which will take place from February 23 to 27, has been called [...]
North Korea opened the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea on February 20, signaling a tightening of control over youth and access to information. A key focus of the Party Congress was the current state of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s “five-point strategy for building the party in the new era,” as [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit yesterday ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to stop renovations to a contested educational exhibit about slavery in Philadelphia. The NPS was ordered to maintain the status quo and preserve the displays that have not yet been returned, pending the outcome of an expected appeal by the [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday released a report warning that the rapid expansion of cyber-fraud compounds in Southeast Asia has resulted in widespread human rights abuses. The OHCHR described the phenomenon as a “wicked problem” requiring coordinated, human rights-based responses rather than enforcement-only crackdowns. According to the [...]
Child trafficking by gangs in Haiti has intensified amid escalating violence, and institutional collapse and has placed the country’s long-term stability in jeopardy, according to a report released on Friday by the UN’s human rights office. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) found that gangs are systematically recruiting, coercing, and [...]
The Taliban government in Afghanistan has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn’t cause broken bones or open wounds. The UK-based Afghan-run human rights organization Rawadari exposed the document, known as the “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts” (Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama), last [...]
President Donald Trump announced a 10% global tariff after the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision Friday ruling against his tariff imposition under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977. Trump called the Supreme Court’s decision “deeply disappointing” and said he was “ashamed” of some Supreme Court justices. He said the 10% global tariff will [...]
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed into law an amnesty measure that interim authorities say is intended to ease political tensions and accelerate the release of political prisoners. The law, titled the Amnesty Bill for Democratic Coexistence, authorizes a “general and full” amnesty for people prosecuted or convicted for political or related offences. [...]
UNICEF published a statement Thursday expressing deep concern with the detention of children in Iran amid ongoing public unrest. The statement, by UNICEF regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, stresses several key issues. First, the number of child detainees, and conditions they face, have not been available. Secondly, Beigbeder detailed the [...]
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