Abu Bakar Khan is a JURIST staff correspondent and lawyer based in Pakistan.   Pakistan’s information and freedom of speech ...

The appeal proceedings of 13 individuals, part of Hong Kong's landmark national security case in which 47 pro-democracy activists were convicted, commenced on Monday. Amnesty International stated ...

Police arrested dozens of protesters across the UK on Saturday during the second weekend of demonstrations against the government’s controversial decision to classify the activist group Palestine ...

A leaked internal memo obtained Sunday revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has authorization to deport individuals to a “third country,' or nation other than one’s country ...

UN Human Rights Council President Jürg Lauber highlighted the importance of facilitating more meaningful participation from Indigenous peoples within UN institutions in a speech published Monday, ...

Representatives of France and the New Caledonian political forces signed an agreement on Saturday establishing a 'State of ...

In a joint statement issued Saturday, several UN agencies warned that the current fuel shortage in Gaza could halt the humanitarian efforts in the territory, possibly jeopardizing millions of ...

The US government imposed sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other top Cuban officials on Friday, ...

US federal district judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong for the US District Court for the Central District of California, ruled Friday that race, language, and work location are not grounds for ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday agreed to dismiss a landmark lawsuit that sought to enforce mutual fund liquidity standards. The SEC initially filed the lawsuit in 2023, ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on Friday stating that protesters detained for participating in the July 2021 ...

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday threw out plea agreements for three Guantánamo detainees accused of conspiring in the September 11 attacks, clearing the way for the government ...