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Georgia police arrested 6 people on Thursday as part of protests over the country’s proposed “Foreign Agents” Bill. There have been many reports of police violence against protesters in Georgia, with Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling the violence concerning after speaking to several protesters who were attacked. The Georgian Special Investigation Service (SIS) is currently [...]

The mandatory use of CBP One to seek asylum in the United States violates the United States’ and Mexico’s international human rights and refugee law obligations, according to a report published by Amnesty International on Thursday. The rights group found that CBP One, a mobile application designed to process individuals seeking asylum, cannot be the [...]

Attacks by Islamist armed groups and ethnic militias in Mali violate international humanitarian law and are apparent war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Wednesday. One such attack in January 2024, by an Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist armed group, killed at least 32 civilians, including 3 children and setting fire to over 350 [...]

Fiji’s High Court sentenced former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to one year of imprisonment on Thursday after finding him guilty of perverting the course of justice, according to a statement published by the country’s Director of Public Prosecution. Frank Bainimarama was sentenced alongside suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho for using their positions and power to stop [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity are occurring in El Geneina, Sudan. The events are labeled as “among the worst atrocities against civilians so far in the current conflict in Sudan.” The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are responsible for the attacks committed against the Massalit ethnic minority. [...]

The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) passed a bill on Wednesday that allows some convicts to enlist in the army and be eligible for conditional release from serving their sentences, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. The bill still needs to be signed by president Zelensky to become law. Draft law 11079-1 amends the Criminal, Criminal Procedure, Criminal [...]

Syrian and international human rights groups and victims’ associations called upon the French government to support the independent investigation against Bashar Al-Assad on the 2013 Syrian chemical attack in a joint statement published on Wednesday. The 39 organisations, among which the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression and Amnesty International, saluted international efforts [...]

The Federal Prosecutor General authorized on Tuesday the search of the Brussels offices of Maximilian Krah, a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and EU Parliament. Krah, who is the party’s lead candidate for the forthcoming European elections in June, is regarded as a pivotal witness in the investigation targeting an employee accused of [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) awarded partial satisfaction to Georgian protesters on Tuesday, citing procedural flaws in the government’s handling of a 2019 protest. The case concerned the excessive use of force by Georgian police during the dispersal of a protest in front of the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi on June 20 and 21, 2019.  In [...]

Amnesty International said Tuesday that two strikes in Somalia that killed 23 civilians in March should be investigated as war crimes. The strikes were carried out as part of Somali military operations and were supported by Turkish drones. As part of their investigation, Amnesty International remotely interviewed victims and eyewitnesses, as well as the family [...]