The White House announced Monday that a “small number” of classified documents were found in early November 2022 in an office formerly used by President Joe Biden during his vice presidency. Biden’s personal attorneys notified the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of the discovery after finding them in a locked closet at the Penn Biden [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk Tuesday asserted that the Iranian government is seeking to effectively punish anti-regime protesters through criminal proceedings and the imposition of the death penalty. In a statement, he said that the Iranian government’s actions amount to “state-sanctioned killing” intended to “strike fear into the population so as to [...]
The Ugandan Constitutional Court Tuesday declared a section of the Computer Misuse Act, No. 2 of 2011 void with enforcement banned. Section 25 of the act prohibited any person from “willfully and repeatedly electronic communication to disturb or attempt to disturb the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any person with no purpose of [...]
The Canadian government announced Tuesday that it had placed sanctions on four Sri Lankan officials, including former Presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa, in response to the Sri Lankan government’s crackdown on human rights during the Sri Lankan civil war between 1983 and 2009. The sanctions impose restrictions under Section 2 of the Special Economic [...]
The US Supreme Court Monday denied to stay the execution to Robert Fratta in the case of Fratta v. Lumpkin. Fratta applied for two stays, which the court denied. Fratta is set to be executed in Texas on Tuesday. Fratta’s execution will be Texas’s first execution in 2023. The Supreme Court Order List 2023 also [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday said that the EU should pass clear legislation to protect people working for digital labor platforms, like Uber. HRW said the purpose of the legislation should be to reduce employment misclassification in the industry and create world-leading safeguards against the potentially harmful effects of workplace automation. The Employment Committee of [...]
The UK Government Tuesday revealed a new anti-strike bill to ensure public services maintain “basic function” during industrial actions. The government said the legislation will ensure that “transport services keep running during strike action.” The Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, introduced by Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan, will set out the legal framework to allow [...]
James Joseph is a UK staff correspondent for JURIST. At the end of January a new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) will hold a public launch to address ongoing atrocities being committed against the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan. The APPG chaired by the Member of Parliament for Peterborough, Paul Bristow and co-chaired by Lord [...]
The Meta Oversight Board Monday overturned Meta’s original decision to remove a Facebook post with the slogan, “marg bar Khamenei” which literally translates to “death to Khamenei.” Ayatollah Khamenei is the Supreme Leader of Iran. The board has called for better safeguards to political speech especially in critical situations, as in Iran. The board’s recommendations included [...]
Amnesty International Monday condemned the death sentences of 54 individuals linked by Algerian prosecutors to the lynching of activist Djamel Ben Smail amid wildfires in the Kabylie region in August 2021. Amnesty alleged that numerous fair trial violations occurred during the mass proceedings in November 2022. Amnesty also raised alarm about claims of torture and [...]
