Issue 286

Download PDF 8-14 December 2025 Arbitrary Detention and Arrest Throughout the week, prosecutors ordered the detention of at least 34 people over alleged links to the Gülen movement. In October 2020, a UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) opinion said that widespread or systematic imprisonment of individuals with alleged links to the group may amount […]

Why the Digital Age Demands an International Approach to Regulating Hate Speech

Introduction In an era where communication travels across continents in milliseconds, hate speech has escaped the boundaries of national jurisdictions. A slur posted in one country can target a community thousands of kilometres away, amplified by algorithms and reproduced endlessly in digital memory. This phenomenon, often described as time–space compression, makes traditional, nationally focused regulation […]