How Twitter Fights Repressive Tactics of Indian Govt
Under the new rules, social media websites will also have to remove content within 36 hours after an administrative or legal order is issued. By Rakesh Raman In its ongoing…
House Arrest for Belarusian Journalist Raman Pratasevich
The exiled Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega were unlawfully arrested in May by Belarusian authorities. By Rakesh Raman Raman Pratasevich, a Belarusian journalist charged with inciting…
World Report Reveals the Impact of Covid Pandemic on Drugs Trade
The theme of this year’s International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is “Share facts on drugs. Save lives”. Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last…
New Laws to Help Combat Planetary Crisis
Legal experts have defined and put forward a new proposed category of international crime – ‘ecocide.’ If taken up by Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC), it would become…
UNODC Guide for Whistleblower Protection in the Healthcare Sector
UNODC has launched a guide to enable whistleblower protection in the healthcare sector. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) finds that the healthcare sector is broad, complex…
Delta Variant May Cause 90% Covid Cases and More Deaths in Europe
ECDC suggests that full vaccination of all groups at increased risk of severe Covid-19 should be achieved as early as possible. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)…