Palestinian authorities are violating free speech rights by arresting and abusing dissenting activists and journalists,Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. The report details five cases in Gaza and the West Bank where journalists and activists were arrested or detained by authorities due to their peaceful criticism of authorities. Activists also suggest that court proceedings are [...]

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday denied the final appeal of Mir Quasem Ali, an opposition leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, and upheld his death sentence. Ali was sentenced to death in 2014 by the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh (ICTB) for murder, confinement, torture and incitement to religious hatred during during the Bangladesh war [...]

The European Commission ruled on Tuesday that Ireland may recover up to €13 billion from Apple after the company benefited from undue tax breaks. The commission ruled the tax breaks were illegal based on EU law because the tax benefit meant that Apple paid less taxes to operate in the country than other businesses, resulting [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday dismissed a 2014 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) case against AT&T Mobile , which took issue with AT&T’s disclosures regarding the reduction of a customer’s data speed . The process, known as “data throttling,” involves an Internet service provider (ISP) slowing data speed once customers [...]

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed on Monday expressed “outrage” regarding Iran’s execution of 12 people for drug-related charges on Saturday. The day before the execution, Shaheed had publicly appealed to the Iranian authorities not to proceed with the planned executions. He specifically noted that international law only allows [...]

A UN expert on Monday urged the participants of the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference in Myanmar to prioritize human rights in their discussions. Yanghee Lee , the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, noted that human rights are at the core of the conflicts in Myanmar and thus must be [...]

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy stated to the press on Monday that he would amend the constitution to ban full-body “burkini” swimsuits if re-elected next April. His comments came after a statement was made by Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, who said a ban on burkinis would be unconstitutional . In response, Sarkozy said: “Well, then [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Henok G. Gabisa of the Bekele Gerba et al International Legal Defense Project discusses the motivation behind Olympic marathoner Feyisa Lilesa’s arm-crossed protest at the finish line at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil… The Underlying National Question in Ethiopia’s Marathoner Feyisa Lilesa’s Gesture Feyisa Lilesa caught the world’s [...]

UN experts on environment and indigenous peoples rights on Monday urged governments throughout the world to make human rights a priority in environmental conservation efforts, stating that protecting biodiversity is a human rights issue. The message comes days before the scheduled World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Honolulu, US, the largest global forum for adopting conservation [...]

Dilma Rousseff, the suspended president of Brazil, appeared before the Senate on Monday to make a final appeal to lawmakers before they vote on whether to remove her from office. In her speech , Dilma claimed she is innocent of the accusations against her and that the evidence against her is only a pretext to [...]