Human Rights Watch (HRW) and 10 human rights organizations, on Thursday, urged the government of the Republic of Maldives to withdraw its plans to end its death penalty moratorium and introduce capital punishment for drug-related crimes. HRW warned that the Maldives’s recent proposal would violate its obligations under international law, including the International Covenant on The post Human rights group decries Maldives proposed death penalty bill appeared first on JURIST – News.

Amnesty International called for the immediate withdrawal of India’s proposed digital media amendments on Thursday, warning that the new rules would grant the government “abusive powers” to censor and monitor ordinary citizens online. The human rights organization submitted a detailed legal analysis to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), arguing that the draft The post Amnesty flags growing censorship risks in India’s proposed digital media framework appeared first on JURIST – News.

Amnesty International and Human Rights First published their first joint letter to Irish officials on Thursday, urging an end to the US administration’s use of Shannon Airport for unlawful Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removals. The two human rights organizations expressed concern over ICE’s use of Shannon Airport at least five times, involving the removal The post Ireland urged to stop ICE from using airspace for unlawful removals appeared first on JURIST – News.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) released on Thursday a new Artificial Intelligence-assisted platform, HungerMap Live, designed to monitor global famine crises and provide an advanced warning system to help prevent and combat hunger. HungerMap Live is regarded as the first evidence-based warning system that alerts the world about emerging hunger conditions in advance, providing The post UN launches new AI-assisted platform to monitor hunger risks worldwide appeared first on JURIST – News.