Human Rights & Civil Liberties

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (940+ words) The Washington Institute Iraq’s Islamic State Trials: The U.S. Role As Baghdad moves to the next phase for IS-linked detainees transferred from Syria, Washington should encourage repatriation, fair trials, and cooperation between partners on building a sustainable longer-term framework. On…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago   (747+ words) Professor Israel “Issi” Doron shared the decades long movement toward a new international human rights convention for older persons during the Dr. Chuck Powell Memorial Lecture. Aging is not a problem to solve. It is a human experience, and older…...

3+ hour, 58+ min ago   (22+ words) Journal & Courier Video: West Lafayette chief describes city's use of Flock cameras...

3+ hour, 24+ min ago   (645+ words) The Tisza government has submitted a child protection bill that would remove references to homosexuality and transgender identity from Hungary’s controversial 2021 legislation, while introducing new rules targeting sexual exploitation, harmful content and political advertising aimed at children. The proposal was…...

7+ hour, 23+ min ago   (167+ words) Posted by Evie Kim Sing | Sep 14, 2026 | Digital ID Legislation approved by the UK Parliament is accepting digital proof-of-age for alcohol sales in England and Wales from Autumn 2026. Retailers, bars and clubs will demand certified Digital Verification Services registered under the…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago   (631+ words) Under a new law, restraining orders (ROs) can be issued to people responsible for content that prejudices the maintenance of racial harmony in Singapore. In a press release on Monday (14 Sept), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reminded the public…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (871+ words) For most people, data privacy is an abstract concern—something that matters in theory but feels distant from everyday life. That perception is changing quickly, and the legal landscape of 2026 is the clearest evidence of it. Across the world, regulators…...

12+ hour, 1+ min ago   (841+ words) The systematic violence unfolding across the occupied West Bank is not a series of random, isolated incidents. Israeli leaders seek to portray it as such — the actions of "extremis... Israeli violence West Bank: Full-fledged ethnic cleansing campaign The world’s failure…...

11+ hour, 58+ min ago   (668+ words) This summer produced an unusual pairing of events. In Canberra, Australia, regulators are still trying to make a world-first under-16 social media restriction bite. In Ankara, plat... Child online safety needs more than age gate by Alp Cenk Arslan While…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (22+ words) Trump said he 'likes' Flock license-plate cameras, prompting bipartisan concern over privacy, data access, biased policing and lack of oversight....