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Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law

Hong Kong media entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate...

Former Estonian Minister Kalle Laanet Found Guilty of Fraud Over Housing Claims

The Harju District Court has found former...

Former Chinese Justice Minister Sentenced to Life for $20 Million Bribery Scheme

Court finds Tang Yijun abused high office...

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Human Rights

Proposed US Budget Bill Will Harm Right to Health

Members of the US House of Representatives are meeting this week to debate a legislative package that would, if enacted as written, have profound negative...
Human Rights

UN Security Council Should Renew South Sudan Arms Embargo

As hostilities escalate across South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council should renew its arms embargo on the country. The council should also act...
Human Rights

EU Needs Tougher Response to Attack on Turkish Opposition

(Brussels, May 16, 2025) - The jailing by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government of a key political opponent is a blatant repudiation of the...
Human Rights

Sri Lanka’s Tamil Women Await Justice 16 Years Since War’s End

This Sunday, May 18, marks 16 years since the Sri Lankan government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ending an armed conflict...
Human Rights

US: Florida Set to Trample Young People’s Rights

(Miami) – A devastating decision from Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals would eliminate access to abortion care for young people unable to get written,...
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Poland Ends ‘LGBT Free’ Zones

Municipal officials in the town of Łańcut, Poland, have abolished the country’s last remaining “LGBT Ideology Free” zone, righting more than five years of political...
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More forms of espionage to be a criminal offence from 15 May onwards

More forms of espionage, such as digital and diaspora espionage, are to be a criminal offence from 15 May onwards. To achieve this a...
Human Rights

Mali’s Junta Further Shutters Political Space

This week, Mali’s National Transition Council adopted a bill that effectively abolishes multiparty politics across the country. The new law officially bans opposition political meetings,...
Human Rights

The US Should Protect Exiled Cuban Dissidents

Last week, a group of 14 exiled Cuban dissidents living in the United States sent a letter to the US government and several members of...
Human Rights

Gaza: Latest Israeli Plan Inches Closer to Extermination

(Beirut) – The Israeli government’s plan to demolish what remains of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and concentrate the Palestinian population into a tiny area would amount to an...
Human Rights

China/Tibet: Panchen Lama Forcibly Disappeared for 30 Years

(New York) – China’s government should free the 11th Panchen Lama Gendun Choki Nyima and his parents, whom Chinese authorities forcibly disappeared on May...
Human Rights

Syria: US Lifting Sanctions Will Bolster Rights, Recovery

(Washington, DC) – US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will remove longstanding sanctions on Syria is a critical step toward improving Syrians’ access...
Human Rights

Rising Food Prices Deepen Nigeria’s Poverty Crisis

Several West African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, and Gambia, proudly compete over who makes the best “jollof rice,” rice cooked in spicy tomato...
Human Rights

Nepali Lesbians Harassed While Registering Marriage

After two years together, Ramita and Shilu—both pseudonyms to protect their identities—traveled to Sindhuli this month to register their marriage under Nepal’s June 2023...

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