Guidelines for the implementation of the European Union’s Forced Labor Regulation are an important step toward rights-respecting supply chains but need further strengthening to eliminate forced labor from the EU market.
The Minsk City Court sentenced human rights lawyer Dmitri Laevski on September 9 to three years in prison for “aiding an extremist organization” and “discrediting” Belarus.
Those reporting on Russia are rarely surprised these days to learn that another critic of the Russian government is being prosecuted over alleged involvement with a “foreign undesirable organization."
The Punjab provincial assembly in Pakistan on August 31, 2026 passed a bill that would threaten the right to a fair trial in counterterrorism proceedings.
A court in Azerbaijan on September 7 sentenced the prominent human rights defender and election monitor Anar Mammadli to 13 years in prison following a trial marred by serious due process violations. His co-defendant, civic activist Anar Abdullayev, received a 12-year sentence.
The Singapore government should drop a wave of charges against seven activists and human rights defenders under the Public Order Act and other overly broad and restrictive laws, Amnesty International, CIVICUS and Human Rights Watch said today.
Without warning, Pakistan has directed all medical and dental institutions to expel Afghan students and arrange to send them back to Afghanistan. It is the latest move by Pakistani authorities to summarily deport Afghans from the country.
The Australian government has caused thousands of people seeking asylum to suffer grave abuses under its offshore detention system, which began in September 2001.
