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Rwanda: Global Playbook of Abuse to Silence Critics

Chained, Locked Up, and Abused … Because of a Disability

Sitting in a dusty courtyard of the Holy Ghost Coptic Church in Kisumu city, in western Kenya, I heard Paul (a pseudonym), approaching before...

Punish the Victim, says Kazakhstan Parliamentarian

A deputy from Kazakhstan’s lower chamber of Parliament, the Mazhilis, has made an outrageous proposal to punish women for provoking abuse by their husbands....

Syria: World Court Begins Watershed Torture Case

(The Hague) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on October 10 and 11, 2023 on state-sponsored torture in Syria since 2011 are...

UN Rights Body Should Help Tackle Impunity in Sudan

This week, member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva will vote on creating a mechanism to investigate alleged crimes by...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Margaret Brennan of CBS’s Face the Nation

QUESTION: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who joins us from the State Department here in Washington. Good to have you...

NYC Mayor Should Prioritize Human Rights over Harmful Discourse

This week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams began a four-day trip to Mexico, Ecuador, and Colombia. He plans to visit the Darién Gap,...

US: Extreme Anti-Immigrant Proposals in Texas

(Austin, TX) – Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has called a special session of the Texas legislature for October 10, 2023 to consider proposals...

Tajikistan: Exiled Activists’ Relatives Detained over Protest

(Berlin, October 6, 2023) – The authorities in Tajikistan have detained relatives of their country’s opposition diaspora members who held protests during President Emomali...

Financial sanctions, Iraq – GOV.UK

6 October 2023 HM Treasury Notice, Iraq 06/10/2023 added. 28 March 2023 HM Treasury Notice, Iraq, 28/03/2023 added 10 March 2023 HM Treasury Notice, Iraq, 10/03/2023 added 2 September 2022 Added...

Sanctions Notice – ISIL (Da-esh) and Al-Qaida — GFSC

Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council Committee has removed the following individual from the list of persons who are subject to the ISIL (Da'esh)...

Former Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Conspiracy Charge for Trafficking Over 80 Firearms

WASHINGTON – Gregory Bournes Jr., 31, of Lancaster, Va., and Dream Jackson, 30, of Riverdale, Ga., pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge...

Brazil´s Supreme Court A Step Closer to Decriminalizing Abortion

Brazil’s Supreme Court is now considering a case that could decriminalize abortion in the country up to 12 weeks of gestation. This case had previously...

Philippine Drag Artist Arrested for ‘Offending Religion’

Philippine authorities arrested the popular drag performer Pura Luka Vega this week on charges stemming from a video ofa performance that went viral in...

Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Sentenced to 19 Years in Major Corruption Case

OFAC Issues Sham Transaction Guidance, Expanding Counterparty Due Diligence Obligations

Australia’s AML/CTF Reform Brings Expanded PEP Obligations Into Force from March 2026

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