Thailand: Far-reaching emergency law enacted
On 15 July, following attacks in Southern Thailand, the Prime Minister enacted a new Emergency Decree and declared a state of emergency a few days later in three southern provinces. In a new report, “More power, less accountability: Thailand’s new emergency decree”,...
ICJ opposes use of law to silence peaceful critics in Nepal
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The ICJ today called on the Government of Republic of Maldives to lift immediately a ban on the possession of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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The ICJ and other rights groups launched a complaint in the UK and Australia against Global Solutions Ltd. (GSL) for complicity in serious human rights violations in Australian immigration detention centres.
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