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Hong Kong Arrests Bookstore Owner Over Jimmy Lai Biography as Security Rules Tighten

The case signals a sharper turn in Hong Kong's use of security laws to police books and speech.

Venezuela Reports 3,200 Fully Freed Under Amnesty as Rights Disputes and Prison Hunger Strikes Mount

Taliban Codifies Domestic Violence in New Penal Code Distributed to Afghan Courts

Hengaw Says Erfan Soltani Alive as Iran Partially Restores Heavily Filtered Internet

NSA Panel Reviews Sonam Wangchuk’s Detention at Jodhpur Jail

Sonam Wangchuk’s Wife Meets Him in Jodhpur Jail, Plans Legal Challenge to NSA Detention

North Korea Escalates Crackdown on ‘Un‑Socialist’ Breast Implants

Germany Plans to Step Up Deportations to Afghanistan, Pursues Permanent Return Mechanism

Gertz Names Ricardo Sánchez Pérez del Pozo To Lead FGR Human Rights Unit

Thai Woman With 43-Year Lese-Majeste Term Freed in Royal Birthday Pardon

Gulzar Dost Released on Bail as Baloch Minors Remain Charged Under Terrorism Laws

Braverman Maps Out UK Exit From European Convention on Human Rights

Judge Blocks Trump’s ICC Sanctions Over Free Speech Concerns

J&K Leaders Demand Cancer Treatment and Family Access for Shabir Ahmad Shah

UK Pushes ECHR Reform to Curb Criminals’ Use of Family Rights to Evade Deportation

Russia Officially Bans Amnesty International Under 'Undesirable Organization' Law

UK Redefines 'Woman' in Law, Excludes Trans Women from Equality Act Protections

Iran Expands Digital Surveillance to Enforce Hijab Laws, UN Report Finds

High Court Rules Government Acted Illegally in Housing Asylum Seekers at RAF Wethersfield

Zimbabwe Abolishes Death Penalty After Nearly Two Decades Without Executions