カテゴリー: Law
Damning report cites human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims in north-west Chinese provinceChina has committed “serious human rights violations” against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province that could amount to crimes against humanity, the outgoi…
Lawyers for Jagtar Singh Johal say he was given electric shocks after unlawful arrest in Punjab in 2017A British Sikh campaigner is facing a possible death sentence after the UK intelligence services passed on information about him to the Indian author…
Democracy activist and Apple Daily founder will stand trial without jury and could face up to life in prisonThe founder of Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai, will stand trial without a jury in Hong Kong, after he told a court he would plead not guilty to national…
Lawyers say the woman, who is in hiding in Pakistan with her son, will be killed if sent back to AfghanistanA female former senior judge from Afghanistan who is in hiding from the Taliban with her son has filed an appeal to the Home Office after her ap…
Former student leader among 29 pro-democracy activists entering same plea on subversion charges after more than a year in jailJoshua Wong and a group of 28 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists charged under a controversial national security law have enter…
Rights groups say they have a dossier of evidence against Gotabaya Rajapaksa – and a renewed appetite to bring him to accountIt was a warm April day in 2019 and Gotabaya Rajapaksa was enjoying the afternoon with his family in an affluent suburb of Los…
Though capital punishment is in global decline, there are horrifying exceptions to the general trendNext month, Oklahoma will embark on a grim schedule: an execution nearly every month until the end of 2024. In September, it is due to execute Richard G…
The judges who sit on the court of final appeal are only legitimising Beijing’s draconian rule, writes David AltonThe Hong Kong regime’s repeated incarceration of the veteran activist Alexandra Wong for peaceful protest reveals just how fearful it is o…
UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority groupThe United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s attempts to halt a case accusing it of genocide against the country’s…
Lawyers representing 20-week-old foetus allege state is breaching rights of future generationsA 20-week-old foetus is fronting a legal challenge in South Korea that argues the state is breaching the rights of future generations by not doing enough to c…
Award-winning founder of green development centre was arrested on tax evasion charges in FebruaryThe US government has said it is “deeply concerned” by the sentencing of the Vietnamese environmental advocate and activist Nguy Thi Khanh and called on Vi…
Vanuatu is leading a campaign to have the international court of justice issue an opinion on climate change – which could have huge legal ramificationsDuring their final year at law school, Solomon Yeo and his classmates set their minds to saving the w…
Liza Begum said confusion with Apsana Begum who was acquitted of fraud charges ‘reflects notion all people of colour look the same’The BBC has agreed to pay £30,000 in damages to a British Bangladeshi Labour councillor after it mixed her up with Apsana…
Michelle Bachelet, strongly criticised over Xinjiang visit, cites personal reasons for decisionThe United Nations’ human rights chief has announced her decision to step down, citing “personal reasons”, amid weeks of speculation following her recent Chi…
Calls grow for repeal of statute of limitations and widening of definition of rape after former model makes allegations on TikTokA young woman’s account on TikTok of being drugged, raped and then blackmailed by a beauty pageant organiser when she was 1…