Journalists challenged the Punjab Defamation Law, 2024 the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday, branding it “unconstitutional, unlawful, and against the principles of the law,” according to reports in Pakistani media. This move comes just weeks after the Punjab Assembly passed the bill amid fierce opposition and protests from journalists and civil society groups. The [...]

The National Union of Banks, Insurance Companies, Financial Institutions, and Businesses of Mali (SYNABEF) announced Saturday that it would prolong its work stoppage from June 9 until authorities release their secretary general, Hamadoun Bah, and all their detained colleagues. In their communique, SYNABEF’s National Executive Board urged its members to adhere to the directive, and [...]

South Korea started playing loudspeaker broadcasts towards North Korea on Saturday after trash balloons from North Korea entered South Korea. The trash balloons were sent around a week after North Korea already made an agreement with South Korea to stop sending the balloons. The Vice-Minister of National Defense of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), [...]

A joint operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Shin Bet, and Israeli police in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza rescued four hostages and killed over 200 Palestinians on Saturday. The 4 hostages rescued were Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv. These four were abducted from the Nova Music [...]

The United Nations Human Rights Office condemned an attack against transgender woman and activist Mauzinde in Tanzania on Friday, calling it “horrendous.” Mauzinde, a resident of Rahaleo, was found abandoned in the forest, beaten and with her ears cut. The UN Human Rights office said that she had been “tortured & sexually assaulted by 12 [...]

The General Administration Department (GAD) in the northern Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir issued termination orders for four employees on Saturday on allegations of posing a threat to the security of the Indian state. The individuals subject to this decision were Constables Abdul Rehman Dar and Ghulam Rasool Bhat, teacher Shabir Ahmad, and [...]

Vietnamese authorities announced on Friday that they arrested and charged Truong Huy San, a prominent journalist, with violating the national security law by posting on Facebook criticizing the country’s government. Tran Dinh Trien, a lawyer, was arrested alongside San and faces similar charges. According to the Ministry of Public Security, San—whose legal name is Huy [...]

Parents in Hong Kong send one in five Nepalese students to Nepal against their will. according to a survey publicized on Friday by Hong Kong Unison, a non-profit organization focusing on equal opportunities and integration for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. In a press conference titled “Challenges Faced by Nepalese Youth in Hong Kong,” Executive [...]

Amnesty International and the Mozambique Human Rights Defenders Network (RMDDH) demanded Friday that Mozambican authorities investigate the arrest of human rights advocate and journalist Sheila Wilson following a demonstration on June 4 in the capital of Maputo. Wilson was streaming for the Centre for Development and Democracy (CDD) outside the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) [...]

The Hong Kong Department of Justice ordered two convicted protesters to each pay over HK$1.7 million in damages on Friday, local media outlet Hong Kong Free Press said in an exclusive report. The amount covered all costs associated with two police officers’ injuries caused by the protesters’ assault in a 2019 protest. The government relied [...]