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Hong Kong cancels passports, bans financial support for wanted activists | Human Rights News

Hong Kong’s Security Bureau announces measures over activists’ alleged role in unofficial parliament overseas. Hong Kong authorities have cancelled the passports of 12 activists based overseas in their latest crackdown on activities that they claim pose threats to national security. Hong Kong’s Security Bureau announced the measures on Monday afterRead More →

‘Dramatic setback’: Will Peru’s new amnesty law put justice out of reach? | Human Rights News

Surviving Accomarca The pending amnesty law could erase approximately 156 convictions and more than 600 ongoing investigations, according to human rights organisations. Not only would it protect military members and police from prosecution, but it would also grant “humanitarian” amnesty to already convicted officials over the age of 70. ForRead More →

Protests in Ukraine as Zelenskyy signs bill curbing anticorruption agencies | Civil Rights News

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a controversial bill that hands sweeping authority to Ukraine’s prosecutor general over the country’s independent anticorruption agencies. This triggered the largest antigovernment protests on Tuesday since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022. More protests are expected Wednesday. The new legislation, now law, gives the prosecutorRead More →