Japan is reconsidering deadly weapon exports by modifying tight regulations

According to a government source, Japan is considering exporting lethal weapons by altering its tight limits on the transfer of defense equipment under its postwar pacifist Constitution.

According to the source, one of the proposals being discussed is that the government will allow such...

Abuse-inducing provisions remain in place, while new measures tighten rights restrictions

Human Rights Watch today warned that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wide-ranging legal reforms in late 2021 fail to address the country's long-standing and systemic restrictions on citizens' and residents' civil and political rights. The new laws keep in place earlier restrictions whi...