Israel announced on Tuesday it is investigating the deaths of Palestinian detainees captured during the war in Gaza, as Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi appointed a committee to investigate the conditions of prisoners in Israeli military facilities. As reported by local media, a board led by Major General Ilan Schiff will evaluate compliance of [...]
Chad authorities must guarantee fair trial rights for the detained relatives of opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djerou, killed during an assault on the headquarters of the Socialist Party without Borders headquarters in February, Amnesty International urged on Tuesday. The 26 relatives have been detained incommunicado since the military assault which led to their arrest. Chad authorities are [...]
The Australian Parliament on Tuesday passed the Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 which has the effect of establishing the first federal Anti-Slavery Commissioner as an independent statutory officeholder. The functions include promoting compliance with the Modern Slavery Act, supporting victims of modern slavery, advising the government and advocating for continuous improvement. The [...]
A 16-year-old boy who assaulted a politician will be prosecuted by the public prosecution service on charges of attempted serious assault, local media said on Monday. The boy, who was 15 at that time, assaulted Thierry Baudet, the leader of Forum voor Democratie, in Groningen last year. The politician was about to take a photo [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) with the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers and Right to Defence released on Monday a report into the politically motivated crackdown on human rights lawyers in Belarus. The report examines the governmental control over the legal profession and highlights the political motivation behind six lawyers prosecuted and the 140 lawyers [...]
The ruling Georgian Dream party overrode a veto from President Salome Zourabichvili Tuesday allowing controversial “foreign influence” legislation affecting media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the country to become law. The parliament overwhelmingly voted with 66 votes in favor of overriding Zourabichvili’s veto and voted with a majority of 84-4 votes in favor of the bill, [...]
Polish authorities held a press conference on Monday at the headquarters of the General Staff of the Polish Army, revealing details of a multi-year plan aimed at fortifying the Polish border with Belarus and Russia called “Shield East,” The program involves strengthening detection, improving warning and tracking systems, preparing forward operational bases, preparing logistics hubs [...]
The president of the Fourth International Conference of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Gaston Alfonso Browne, accused wealthy nations of empty climate pledges and promises on Monday, referring to a lack of financial help to small and developing countries along with the inadequacy in carbon reduction by the rich and developed countries. Antigua and Barbuda, a [...]
The US construction company Vulcan Materials stated on Monday that it refused the Mexican government’s offer to purchase its quarrying site located in Mexico’s Caribbean coastal state of Quintana Roo, local media reported. The company asserted that it will not give up years of investment and work for “a nominal value that is far from [...]
The Matareya Misdemeanor Court of Appeal upheld former Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Tantawy’s sentence of one year in prison for incitement and assistance in the crime of printing and circulating electoral process papers without permission, his lawyer announced on Monday. Tantawy and his electoral campaign director Mohamed Abu El-Diya were both initially sentenced to one year’s [...]
