The Supreme Court of India has appointed former Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Dattatray Padsalgikar to supervise the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) probe into the ongoing violence in Manipur, a small state in north-east India. In an order made public on Thursday, the Supreme Court condemned delays in the CBI’s investigation and ordered [...]
Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered on Saturday in Seoul, South Korea, in public protest following reports earlier this week that Japan will begin releasing radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. According to Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Japan will begin their operation to release “contaminated” radioactive water which has been stored in the region since [...]
UK Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC announced on Friday that £220m will be invested over the next two years into the court estate as part of the Government’s uplift plan in the criminal justice system. The investments aim to ensure that the conditions of the court estate are acceptable for online hearings through better technology, [...]
Former UK Police Commissioner Ian McGrail called on Friday for an independent investigation by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office into corruption in Gibraltar, in a statement from his lawyer to the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). McGrail was arrested in March 2022 on suspicion of conspiracy to obtain unauthorized computer material, misconduct and violations of [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Taliban authorities in an official statement on Friday to immediately and unconditionally release three journalists apprehended in the provinces of Nangarhar, Paktia, and Kunduz. On Thursday, Haseeb Hassas, a correspondent employed by Salam Watandar radio stationed in the northern province of Kunduz, was taken into custody. Simultaneously, Faqir [...]
India’s Supreme Court took a firm stance on Thursday in response to the unfolding economic boycott targeting Muslims in the troubled regions of Nuh and Gurugram within Haryana, terming it ‘unacceptable.’ Concurrently, the Court suggested the establishment of a committee, led by the Director General of Police (DGP), to investigate cases arising from the communal [...]
UK Secretary of State for Technology, Michelle Donelan MP, told the BBC on Thursday that she was still supported part of the Online Safety Bill that would require social media apps to access private messaging features. The state goal of these provision is to protect children and vulnerable people from harmful online content. The legislation [...]
Facundo Molares, an independent photojournalist and committed left-wing activist associated with the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), died Thursday when he suffered a heart attack while in police custody. The incident occurred during his participation in protests organized by various left-wing factions as a prelude to the national primary elections. Molares’ heart attack [...]
The UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday that he was extremely concerned about the rapidly deteriorating conditions in which President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger, his wife and his son have been arbitrarily detained. Credible reports indicated that the conditions of detention could amount to inhuman and degrading treatment, in violation of international [...]
The UK Government announced Friday that legionella bacteria was discovered in the water supply of the residential barge Bibby Stockholm, which currently houses 39 asylum seekers. Due to this potential health risk, the asylum seekers have been removed from the barge. The UK Home Office’s new accommodation scheme to house migrants on the barge in [...]
