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Against the backdrop of the widespread protests being witnessed across the country, the rights body's statement highlights numerous excesses by the police and calls for an end to the ongoing violations of international human rights law.
(Bangkok) – Thai police unnecessarily used water cannons and teargas against peaceful democracy demonstrators outside the parliament in Bangkok on November 17, 2020 in violation of international human rights standards.
Tunisian President Kais Saied has caused serious harm to judicial independence in the country by granting himself the absolute authority to dismiss judges summarily by decree and quickly firing 57 of...
The conviction and life imprisonment sentences handed down to two lawyers on 10 May 2022 who are also brothers have been widely interpreted as an attack on the freedoms of the legal profession in Qata
Incidents of Guatemala’s judges and prosecutors being forced to resign, dismissed, harassed, intimidated, arrested and judicially persecuted are being recorded with increased frequency. Notably, all those affected in the reports have been involved in investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating large-scale high-level corruption and gross human rights violations.