Tag: laws
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How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws
In one of his final acts before his death in 2024, Māori King Tūheitia Pōtatau…
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Senegal Arrests 12 Men Using Punitive Anti-LGBT Laws
The recent detention of 12 men in Senegal using homophobic laws have intensified concerns over…
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Georgia Initiates Laws Severely Curtailing Civil and Political Rights
Georgia’s ruling party proposed on January 28 a new package of legislation that would criminalize core…
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Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds
Enforcement against polluters in the United States plunged in the first year of President Donald…
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Russia: Authorities seeking to use “extremism” laws as pretext to ban leading LGBTI organizations
Reacting to the Russian Ministry of Justice’s move to seek to ban as “extremist” the…
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Georgia: Ruling party proposes laws to criminalize foreign funding for civic activity
Ahead of the parliamentary vote on legislative amendments announced by the Georgian Dream ruling party,…
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Australia’s New Hate Crime Laws Need Human Rights Monitoring
This week, Australia passed new laws that expand government authority to ban hate groups and…
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Kazakhstan Draft ‘Morality’ Laws Threaten Rights
Kazakhstan’s Senate adopted two rights-violating laws on December 18, both of them threatening freedom of…
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Trump Administration Takes Aim at AI Accountability Laws
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order that proposes to challenge and dismantle a range…
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Georgia: Repressive Laws Effectively Criminalize Peaceful Protests
(Berlin, December 4, 2025) – Georgian authorities have adopted a series of laws that unjustifiably…