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U.S. Treasury Eases Customer Due Diligence Rules in Major Shift Toward Risk-Based Compliance

In a significant regulatory shift aimed at...

Malaysia’s Top Court Reinstates Corruption Conviction Against Veteran Politician Isa Samad

In a landmark ruling underscoring Malaysia’s continued...

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

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

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Zwolle Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of Methamphetamine and Firearms

SHREVEPORT, La. – Larry Maurice Malmay, 47, of Zwolle, Louisiana, was sentenced today on drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States...

Iran: Persecution of Baha’is | Human Rights Watch

Iranian authorities’ decades-long systematic repression of Baha’is simply because they belong to a faith group amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution. Government agencies...

Mexico: Guanajuato Should Legally Recognize Trans Identities

(Mexico City) – Trans people in the Mexican state of Guanajuato suffer economic, medical, and labor discrimination, as well as other onerous legal impediments,...

On the Convictions of Vietnamese Ethnic Minority and Religious Freedom Advocates

The United States is deeply concerned by ongoing convictions of Vietnamese ethnic minority and religious freedom advocates, including five convictions since January 2024. We are...

Secretary Blinken’s Call with President-Elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal

Secretary Blinken’s Call with President-Elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal Readout April 1, 2024 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye...

MAS Launches COSMIC: Enhancing Financial Crime Detection

On April 1, 2024, MAS unveiled COSMIC, a digital platform named "Collaborative Sharing of Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing (ML/TF) Information & Cases," in collaboration with...

Transgender Day of Visibility – United States Department of State

Transgender Day of Visibility is a celebration of the courage and resilience of transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-confirming persons who exist in every country...

Somalia: Constitutional Proposals Put Children at Risk

(Nairobi) – Somalia’s parliament should reject any proposed constitutional amendments that would weaken rights protections for children, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 30,...

UN Report on Israeli Killing of Journalist in Lebanon

(New York) – The United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) should release the findings of its investigation into two Israeli strikes on a...

Russia: Shameful Pride in Torture of Terrorism Suspects

(Berlin, March 29, 2024) – Russian authorities tortured, recorded, and shared recordings of the torture, of at least two men held as suspects for...

Japan Broadens Ban on Restraints of Jailed Women in Labor

During a Diet session last week, Japan’s Ministry of Justice announced it had broadened a directive initially sent to all penal institutions in 2014...

Fiji’s Political Figures Await Sentencing: Legal Showdown in Suva

Fiji's former Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, and suspended police commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho, are being sentenced at the Magistrates Court in Suva. Bainimarama, a former...

Mongolian Ex-PM Accused of NYC Property Purchase with Corrupt Mining Funds

Former Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold is accused of diverting money from profitable mining deals and using it to buy luxury properties in New...

Albanian Acting Mayor Detained for Alleged Land Corruption

Jorgo Goro, appointed acting mayor of Himara amidst tensions between Albania and Greece due to his opponent's arrest, has been detained over suspicions of...

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