The European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling Friday that tightens legal requirements for EU member states wishing to designate “safe countries of origin” for accelerated asylum processing. In its decision, the CJEU upheld the legality of expedited asylum procedures in principle but made clear that such classifications must be based on rigorous, [...]
Myanmar’s military courts sentenced 14 individuals to life imprisonment in a series of human trafficking cases involving forced marriage, sexual exploitation, and the production of pornographic content, local media reported Saturday. “The president of the military court has sentenced nine Burmese and five Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for selling Burmese women to Chinese men [...]
Four years after their arrest for peacefully advocating for political reform, two members of the Eswatini Parliament, Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube, have been declared “prisoners of conscience” by Amnesty International. Friday’s designation highlights mounting concern over the country’s intensifying repression of dissent and misuse of the justice system. The two MPs were arrested on [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing Balakrishan Rajagopal called on Friday for Guatemala to immediately suspend its “violent and inhumane” evictions, citing concerns that they violate international law. Specifically, the UN expert is concerned that during the forced evictions, houses are burned down, as well as the “food crops and private possessions [...]
Angolan police used excessive force and carried out arbitrary arrests during a peaceful protest in Luanda on July 12, Human Rights Watch alleged Friday. According to reports, officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets without justification, assaulted demonstrators, and detained 17 protesters, some of whom were released only after legal intervention. The demonstration, organized by [...]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday announced the revocation of US visas for eight of Brazil’s 11 Supreme Court justices, in what officials described as part of a broader effort to support former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently fighting prosecution for his alleged attempt to overturn the 2022 election. The announcement [...]
A member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal team allegedly delivered threats to Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), stating that, unless the ICC withdrew arrest warrants for Israeli officials, Khan and the court would be “destroyed,” a news outlet reported Tuesday. British-Israeli lawyer and Nicholas Kaufman allegedly delivered the [...]
Portugal’s parliament voted in favor of sweeping new restrictions on immigration, marking the latest step in a series of measures aimed at tightening the country’s borders and curbing irregular migration, InfoMigrants reported on Thursday. The newly approved legislation significantly revises key aspects of Portugal’s immigration framework. According to InfoMigrants, the reforms include stricter criteria for work and [...]
Police arrested dozens of protesters across the UK on Saturday during a second weekend of demonstrations against the government’s controversial decision to classify the activist group Palestine Action as a “terrorist organization.” In central London, 42 people were arrested by the Metropolitan Police after staging a sit-in at the foot of the statues of Mahatma [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) warned against Israeli authorities’ crackdown on free expression on Thursday, calling on officials to release detained journalist and activist Israel Frey. CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah said Frey’s arrest “underscores authorities’ growing intolerance of freedom of expression since the start of the war on October 7, 2023.” Qudah added, [...]
