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A Court That Looks Away: Argentina Sends Rudnev Back Into the Shadows
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There are rulings that illuminate a courtroom, and there are rulings that dim the lights. The decision of Argentina’s Court of Cassation in the Rudnev case belongs to the second…
Human Rights
Europe’s first regional forum for environmental human rights defenders comes as campaigners face growing pressure over protest, participation and access to justice. European institutions and UN rights mechanisms are meeting…
Asia
The 1971 genocide in Bangladesh is one of the most brutal, and yet most under‑recognised, mass atrocities of the twentieth century. More than five decades on, the international community –...
![[Press Release] Paris Human Rights Mobile Exhibit Brings Civic Education to a Busy Public Space](https://europeantimes.news/wp-content/smush-webp/2026/05/Paris-Human-Rights-and-EU-Values-768x576.jpeg.webp "[Press Release] Paris Human Rights Mobile Exhibit Brings Civic Education to a Busy Public Space")
Europe
KINGNEWSWIRE // PRESS RELEASE // On Europe Day, volunteers distributed 1,500 educational items on human rights and their history, drawing steady public attention in the French capital. PARIS, France —...
FORB
When I published in “The European Times” my previous investigation into the case of Konstantin Rudnev—a Russian spiritual teacher now detained in Argentina—the reaction from readers was immediate. Many wrote...
Human Rights
By BRIDGES team During the URI Europe Regional Assembly, “Sacred Earth, Shared Humanity: URI Europe Responses to Violence and Harm,” held from 29 April to 3 May 2026 at the Martí Codolar Centre in Barcelona,...
America
In Argentina these days, justice is played like football—only with fewer rules and far more elbows. On one side of the pitch stand the judges, who have now ordered three...
Human Rights
Behind the carefully constructed image of modernity and reform, the death penalty has not receded. It has intensified. Based on Human Rights Watch Report2,000+ executions in 10 years It is...
Human Rights
Hungary’s election on 12 April 2026 has already made history. Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat, and the fall of the long-dominant Fidesz-KDNP alliance now raises a harder question: will political...
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A senior lawyer within the United Nations system is facing renewed scrutiny after a series of archived online posts surfaced in which she mocked and denigrated multiple religious communities and...
