NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India recorded nearly 3,000 arrests in 2023 under its sweeping anti-terror legislation but secured only 118 convictions, according to official data presented in Parliament on Tuesday, deepening concerns that the law is being used more to detain than to prosecute. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told t...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India recorded 209 cases of hate crimes targeting religious and social minorities in November 2025, according to a new report published by the Justice and Empowerment of Minorities (JEM), an initiative of the influential Muslim organization Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. The findings highlight growing hostility and institution...
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (MNTV) – An Algerian appeals court has upheld a seven-year prison sentence against French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, deepening tensions between Algiers and Paris and prompting the French presidency to renew calls for his immediate release. Gleizes, 36, was detained in May 2024 after travelling to Tizi Ouzou in th...
MALÉ, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has introduced a landmark national animal welfare law that imposes strict financial penalties for abandonment, mistreatment, and illegal trade of animals, marking the most comprehensive regulatory framework for animal protection in the country’s history. Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has ratified the...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyzstan’s Constitutional Court has received a proposal from President Sadyr Japarov seeking to amend the Constitution to allow the death penalty for certain grave crimes, Azattyk reported. The draft amendment targets Part 1 of Article 25 of the Constitution and would permit capital punishment as an exceptional m...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh has introduced a nationwide e-Family Court system designed to streamline family-related legal disputes, reduce delays and curb corruption in a justice sector long burdened by backlogs and slow procedures. The digital platform marks one of the most significant reforms undertaken by the country’s interim ad...
ALEPPO, Syria (MNTV) — Syria has launched its first public trial involving 14 suspects tied to deadly sectarian clashes along the country’s coastal provinces in March, marking a significant step in the new government’s judicial reforms. The defendants include seven loyalists of former President Bashar Assad and seven members of the new governm...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh’s international crimes court will issue a verdict on November 17 in a landmark case charging ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two former senior officials with crimes against humanity committed during last year’s July uprising. The ruling will mark one of the most consequential moments in the country...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A court in India’s western state of Gujarat has sentenced three Muslim men to life imprisonment for cow slaughter — one of the harshest penalties ever handed down under the state’s animal preservation law, underscoring how the politics of cow protection has become a tool of religious persecution in the […]...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has ratified a new criminal procedures law following parliamentary approval of amendments that addressed his earlier objections, the presidency announced. The revised legislation, set to take effect on October 1, 2026, introduces broader rights safeguards and procedural clarity aime...
