Digital Rights & Gender-Based Violence: The UAE unveiled the SAFE-T initiative at the UN crime prevention congress, aiming to curb digital abuse against women through law, digital literacy, and international cooperation. Civil Liberties & Surveillance: India’s Supreme Court-linked reporting highlights how facial recognition, biometric tools, and online doxxing/deepfakes are being used around protests, with voter-roll scrutiny (SIR) also raising fears of exclusion. Criminal Justice & Migrant Worker Protections: The Philippines’ CHR welcomed an absolute pardon for Mary Jane Veloso, calling her case a warning about how overseas workers—especially women—are vulnerable to deception and weak safeguards. Drug Policy Reform: Canada’s B.C. Supreme Court stayed trafficking convictions for Drug User Liberation Front founders, ruling parts of the drug law unconstitutional and creating space for a safer-supply approach. Housing Activism: Spain’s eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal sparked mass protests and renewed anger over rent hikes and predatory landlords. Youth & Peacebuilding: Germany saw large student-led strikes against conscription and mandatory military medical exams, while demanding protection for education and social services. Human Rights & Accountability: A Philippines truth commission is building a registry to reconcile conflicting death tolls from Duterte’s drug war, urging families and researchers to submit records.