5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (737+ words) Author: Aamnah Fatima Khan Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province in terms of population, has passed a controversial amendment to the country’s anti-terrorism law despite protests and a walkout by opposition members in the provincial assembly. Opposition lawmakers labelled the legislation draconian…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (463+ words) On August 16, Human Rights Watch released a news brief revealing Ccp’s transnational repression of Australian Uyghurs, after interviewing 11 Australian Uyghur citizens and permanent residents across the country in April and May 2026. Since the Ccp launched the Strike Hard Campaign to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (67+ words) Arbitrary Detention – the arrest or deprivation of liberty of an individual by a government or state actor without a lawful basis or proper legal procedure. Accountability – subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something Forcible – characterized by the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (67+ words) Arbitrary Detention – the arrest or deprivation of liberty of an individual by a government or state actor without a lawful basis or proper legal procedure. Accountability – subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something Forcible – characterized by the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (236+ words) Abolish: to officially end a law, system, custom, or activity Amnesty: an official decision by a government to forgive a group of people for certain crimes or reduce their punishment Capital punishment: known as the death penalty, it is the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (657+ words) The U.S. has pressured Ukraine to make territorial concessions to Russia to reach a peace deal, but Ukrainian negotiators have refused....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (657+ words) Author: Irem Cakmak, LLM The rationale behind the withdrawal was to protect national values and state sovereignty against foreign ideological imposition. This rationale shifts the discourse on women and LGBTIQ+ rights away from a human rights domain into the spheres…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (249+ words) Author: Aamnah Fatima Khan However, serious gender justice gaps persist, including low conviction rates for rape, honour killings, acid attacks, weak implementation of laws and limited women-focused budget allocations. This step will officially take effect from July 1 and has been…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (503+ words) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said during a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in 2024 that failing to provide people with basic living necessities, including food, was a “serious political issue.” Elizabeth Salmón, UN Special Rapporteur on…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (465+ words) A news release issued by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on May 14, 2026, warns of a malnutrition emergency in Afghanistan, emphasizing that mothers and children are most at risk. The hunger crisis is the result of several converging factors,…...