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A UN independent expert on Monday urged Myanmar to address shortcomings in reforming its human rights situation. Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana warned the country of the possibility that the current reformation process may be endangered by leaving areas of importance untouched, especially related to the states of [...]

A court in Bahrain on Monday acquitted human rights activist Sayed Yousif Al-Muhafda on charges of spreading false news to harm the country’s security on Twitter . The human rights activist informed Reuters that after he spent a month in jail, the court finally overturned the charges against him. Al-Muhafda, the acting deputy head of [...]

Prosecutors for the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Monday that they are dropping the crimes against humanity charges against former Kenyan cabinet secretary Francis Muthaura after encountering various issues with evidence and witness testimony. Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda cited three primary reasons for the withdrawal of charges. Bensouda explained that “several people who may have [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Monday to investigate claims of torture and ill-treatment made by many of the 94 defendants in a trial on state security charges. While several of the defendants have raised allegations of ill-treatment, including prolonged solitary confinement, judicial authorities have yet to investigate these claims. “This [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that Homeland Security’s border agents must demonstrate reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing before conducting forensic analysis of laptop computers and electronic devices. “Laptop computers, iPads and the like are simultaneously offices and personal diaries. They contain the most intimate details of our lives,” wrote Judge [...]

The Pentagon’s war crimes prosecutor has stated that a review panel should hear transparency challenges concerning the September 11 trial. Brigadier General, Mark Martins, who is the prosecutor at Guantanamo also insisted that the public must not hear about treatment of suspected 9/11 conspirators en route to Guantanamo. In filings submitted on Thursday at the [...]

A Saudi Arabian criminal court in Riyadh on Saturday sentenced two Saudi Arabian human rights activists on to at least 10 years in prison. The activists were found guilty earlier that day of sedition, providing foreign media with inaccurate information, founding and operating an unlicensed human rights organization and other criminal offenses. Mohammed Al-Qahtani and [...]

Almost two years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster Japanese officials report that 44 countries still ban or limit food imports from Japan, as thousands of the nation’s citizens gathered on Saturday in ongoing anti-nuclear demonstrations around the country. China and South Korea, both major purchasers, are among the economies that still set limits on [...]

A Cairo court on Saturday affirmed the death sentences of 21 individuals convicted of inciting a deadly riot after a soccer match in Port Said last February. In addition to confirming that the convicted individuals are to be hanged for their involvement in the riot, the court handed down verdicts for the remaining 52 defendants [...]