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UN calls for justice after attacks on media during Bangladesh protests
Jurist 24 Dec 2025
Hadi, 32, a key figure of the 2024 student-led uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was shot in broad daylight in Dhaka on December 12 while launching his campaign for parliament. He died a week later in a Singapore hospital ... ....
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Rights group raises concern over conviction of Egyptian economist
Jurist 17 Dec 2025
They pointed to the UN Human Rights Committee’s of the ICCPR as underscoring that the limitations on Farouk’s speech are neither necessary nor proportionate.
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Ecuador criticized for freezing indigenous and environmental groups bank accounts
Jurist 11 Dec 2025
In an apparent effort to silence protests against the Ecuadorian government, the government’s financial agency froze indigenous and environmental groups’ bank accounts using secret intelligence information, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday ... ....
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Thailand urged to drop defamation charges against journalist reporting on Malaysia media regulating agency
Jurist 28 Nov 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Thai government on Wednesday to drop the charges against Murray Hunter, an Australian journalist accused of defaming the Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) ... ....
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Kazakhstan approves amendments restricting discussion of LGBTIQ+ issues
Jurist 12 Nov 2025
Article 19 of the (ICCPR) protects the right to freedom of expression and to receive information. Article 26 ICCPR is also at risk, protecting the right to equality before the law and prohibiting ...
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Press group condemns use of cybercrime legislation to detain journalists in Niger
Jurist 11 Nov 2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday urged Nigerian authorities to release three journalists held in pre-trial detention for alleged cybercrimes and accused the government of using cybercrime laws to chill free speech ... ....
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Syria follows up on Iraqi death sentence for 22-year-old over Facebook story
Enab Baladi 28 Oct 2025
The decision also, according to the lawyer, infringes Article 19 of the ICCPR on freedom of expression, since posting political or media content is not a crime under international law.
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Rights group claims Ecuador security forces have restricted public assembly
Jurist 22 Oct 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday that Ecuadorian police and security forces have restricted freedom of assembly and have periodically used disproportionate force against protesters since September 2025 ... ....
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H M issues a royal decree today
Muskat Daily 17 Oct 2025
89/2025 on Thursday, approving Oman’s accession to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) ... Article One approves Oman’s accession to the ICCPR in accordance with the attached formula.
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Rights group denounces Tunisia death sentence for anti-government speech
Jurist 10 Oct 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on Wednesday condemning the Tunisian justice system for sentencing a man to death for posting nonviolent Facebook posts dissenting to the country’s recent actions ... ....
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CPJ urges UAE to justify the arrest of South Sudan political commentator Samuel Oyay
Jurist 09 Oct 2025
In addition to being a violation of the domestic justice system, his arbitrary detainment violates Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
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Rights group demands justice for US deportees following Eswatini repatriation
Jurist 27 Sep 2025
Amnesty International urged Eswatini authorities on Wednesday to immediately disclose the whereabouts and legal status of five men who had been deported from the US ... ....
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