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Georgian government uses psychiatry to silence the critical voices in the country.
Singapore’s death penalty regime is exact in law and unforgiving in practice, hitting hardest those with the fewest means to defend themselves. In 2024, executions reached a decade high, while dissent and appeals were increasingly shut down.
Lead: Indonesia’s 632-article Criminal Code, adopted in 2023 and due to take effect in 2026, promises to modernise the nation’s laws. Rights advocates argue that its speech limits, morality clauses and “living law” provision could instead restrict civil liberties and expose minorities to prosecution.
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, are the largest stateless group globally, totaling over 3.5 million due to the 1982 Citizenship Act, which discriminates based on ancestry. This law excludes the Rohingya and other ethnic groups from citizenship, driving many to seek refuge in countries like Bangladesh, where they face dire conditions in refugee camps. This article critiques Myanmar’s citizenship laws and the flawed, corrupt naturalization process that sustains multi-generational statelessness among the Rohingya.