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In today’s newsletter: the former Philippines president was arrested and taken to The Hague after a tense standoff. It’s a much needed win for the international criminal court – but success is far from a givenGood morning.Last Tuesday, chaos erupted at…
続きを読むAllegations of crimes against humanity laid out against former Philippines president over his deadly ‘war on drugs’Rodrigo Duterte has become the first Asian former leader to appear before the international criminal court, where he stands accused of co…
続きを読むFormer president was surrendered to The Hague amid a row between his family and that of the current presidentFew expected things to move so quickly. Supporters of the Philippines’ former president Rodrigo Duterte barely had time to protest before he wa…
続きを読むSarah Celiz among tens of thousands feeling relief that ex-Philippines president will finally face the courtsDuterte flown to The Hague after arrestSarah Celiz wept as she sat at home watching footage from Manila’s main airport on her phone. They were …
続きを読むThe two women were said to have been stargazing with three male travellers when the incident took placeTwo men have been arrested in India in connection with the alleged rape of an Israeli and a local woman.The Israeli woman and her homestay operator w…
続きを読むCivil servant Josie Stewart found to have been unlawfully dismissed in 2022 after she told BBC about failures‘Pursue this urgently’: whistleblower case reveals Whitehall focus on Kabul animal airliftA civil servant who blew the whistle about the chaoti…
続きを読むExclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threatsUK-based lawyers have spoken out about being targeted by the Chinese state and its supporters in a campaign of intimidation including s…
続きを読むReasonable grounds to believe crimes against humanity are being committed against women and girls in Afghanistan, application saysThe international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has requested arrest warrants for the Taliban’s supreme leader and Afg…
続きを読むAndrew Cheung defends city’s legal processes as ‘transparent, fair and independent’ despite mounting concerns from departing legal officersHong Kong’s top judge has claimed the exodus of foreign judges from the judiciary’s benches since the introductio…
続きを読むAfghanistan’s ‘morality police’ arrested Samira at work in Kabul – and then made the 19-year-old marry her employerIt was a normal summer morning in July last year when 19-year-old Samira* made her way to the carpet-weaving shop where she worked in Kab…
続きを読むFrom an exuberant mountaineering woman to a boy representing unheard refugees, here are some of the brave individuals that gave us hopeNine years ago, Cecilia Llusco was one of 11 Indigenous women who made it to the summit of the 6,088 metre-high Huayn…
続きを読むSocial media users will need to verify their identities under new decree 147, prompting fears it will undermine expression and expose anonymous dissidentsSocial media users in Vietnam on platforms including Facebook and TikTok will need to verify their…
続きを読むGovernment could face a huge bill for damages after keeping more than 60 asylum seekers in ‘hellish’ conditionsDozens of asylum seekers stranded on one of the most remote islands in the world in conditions described as “hell on earth” were unlawfully d…
続きを読むDraconian new laws allow mass incarceration of women and children forced to beg because of work banDestitute Afghan women arrested for begging under draconian new Taliban laws have spoken of “brutal” rapes and beatings in detention.Over the past few mo…
続きを読むFilm-maker Chloe Abrahams combines documentary and memory in candid conversations with the women in her familyThe mango taste is bittersweet in this documentary-memoir of family pain and secrets from film-maker Chloe Abrahams. Using a small digital vid…
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