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Decisions that tighten or ease rules for forming a company, obtaining residency or citizenship, or restricting individual liberties: short digests from pre-selected sources.

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  2. Mixed Residency / nationality

    1-bedroom Apartment in the Heart of North Athens

    This 1-bedroom apartment in the heart of North Athens qualifies for the Greece Golden Visa program at €290,000.

    Source · Investment Migration Insider

  4. Mixed Residency / nationality

    Last Two Apartments in Peristeri, West Athens

    Curve's last two apartments with private gardens in Peristeri qualify for the Greece Golden Visa program at €250,000.

    Source · Investment Migration Insider

  5. Easing Individual liberties

    South Africa Names Gender Apartheid. Now It Should Act.

    Click to expand dens in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, November 21, 2025. © 2025 Misper Apawu/AP Photo At South Africa’s National Women’s Day commemoration on August 9, President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke, among other things, about the Taliban’s systematic oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan.

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  7. Mixed Residency / nationality

    The Only 10 Ways to Get Citizenship

    Whatever a passport pitch promises, the legal mechanism behind it is one of 10. This guide maps every route to citizenship in 2026, who qualifies for each, and where the doors are narrowing.

    Source · Investment Migration Insider

  9. Mixed Individual liberties

    Constitutional Flaws of California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

    The California Billionaire Tax Act (Proposition 40), which imposes a one-time 5 percent tax on billionaires’ net worth, is vulnerable to numerous constitutional challenges, any of which could invalidate the tax in whole or in part.

    Source · Tax Foundation

  12. ID Easing Individual liberties

    Indigenous Farmer in Indonesia Acquitted in Coal Mining Case

    Click to expand mining company because they caused potholes, traffic snarls, and serious accidents. On April 16, 2026, the Tanah Grogot district court acquitted him after he had spent 10 months in police detention.  © 2026 Yulia Adiningsih Indonesia’s Supreme Court on August 5 upheld the acquittal of Misran Toni, an Indigenous Dayak farmer known as Imis, who was participating in a coal mining protest and….

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  16. Mixed Residency / nationality

    Acropolis-View Apartments near Omonia Square, Athens

    These furnished 1-bedroom apartments with Acropolis views near Omonia qualify for the Greece Golden Visa program at €250,000.

    Source · Investment Migration Insider

  17. Mixed Residency / nationality

    Sierra Apartments near Agios Antonios Metro, West Athens

    Sierra's 1-bedroom apartments in Peristeri qualify for the Greece Golden Visa program at €250,000 with direct metro access to central Athens.

    Source · Investment Migration Insider

  18. Mixed Residency / nationality

    The 11 Citizenship Rules Most People Discover Too Late

    A second passport carries obligations that attach the moment you hold it. These 11 rules, from generation caps on descent to exit taxes on renunciation, tend to surface only after the deadline to act on them has passed.

    Source · Investment Migration Insider

  19. US Mixed Residency / nationalityIndividual liberties

    Technology Expands ICE’s Capacity for Abuse

    Click to expand h is being used as an ICE detention center, on May 27, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. Santiago/Getty Images Representatives Delia Ramirez and Hank Johnnson, both members of US Congress, held a shadow hearing on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) use of technology on July 15.

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  22. Mixed Residency / nationality

    Who Actually Loses If the Caribbean Loses Schengen

    Remove Europe from a Caribbean passport and you remove what justified the price, argues Migronis co-founder Neringa Bulakiene.

    Source · Investment Migration Insider

  23. GB Easing Individual liberties

    New UK Prime Minister Should End the Assault on Protest Rights

    © 2026 James Willoughby/SOPA Images via Reuters Palestine Action, the direct-action protest group, was granted permission on July 30 to appeal its terrorist designation at the United Kingdom Supreme Court. The government controversially issued this designation in 2025, and although the group successfully appealed the designation in the High Court, that ruling was reversed by the Court of Appeal in June.  Sinc….

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  24. Easing Residency / nationality

    Azerbaijani Authorities Escalate Abuse of Detained Opposition Leader

    © 2016 Aziz Karimov/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Azerbaijani authorities have imposed increasingly punitive detention conditions on Ali Karimli, chairman of the opposition Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), raising serious concerns about inhuman or degrading treatment. Karimli, 61, has been held in the State Security Service detention facility since November 29, 2025.

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  25. US Easing Residency / nationality

    Fears Over Mail-in Ballot Access in the US

    Click to expand ecutive order regarding mail-in ballots, Miami, Florida, July 28, 2026. © 2026 Marta Lavandier/AP Photo A coalition of voting rights organizations renewed a motion for preliminary injunction on July 20 in Massachusetts to prevent the United States Postal Service (USPS) from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14399.

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  26. Easing Residency / nationality

    Malaysia: Forcibly Returning Myanmar Refugees Risks Lives

    Click to expand r les réfugiés à Kuala Lumpur, en Malaisie, le 27 juillet 2026. © 2026 Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters (Bangkok) – The Malaysian government should reverse plans that would permit the forced return of refugees to Myanmar, where they face persecution and other rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  27. Easing Residency / nationality

    Malaysia: Forcibly Returning Myanmar Refugees Risks Lives

    Click to expand r les réfugiés à Kuala Lumpur, en Malaisie, le 27 juillet 2026. © 2026 Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters (Bangkok) – The Malaysian government should reverse plans that would permit the forced return of refugees to Myanmar, where they face persecution and other rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.  On July 23, 2026, Malaysia’s deputy foreign minister informed parliament that 5,000….

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  28. EU Easing Business / company

    Robust Guidelines for EU Companies Vital to Accountability Law

    Click to expand n years since the Rana Plaza building collapse that killed more than 1,130 people. © 2023 Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via AP On July 23, Human Rights Watch filed a written submission to the European Commission on the European Union’s landmark corporate accountability law, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  33. Mixed Residency / nationality

    When a Second Citizenship Makes Travel Harder Instead of Easier

    Buying a second citizenship widens your options on paper. It can also close doors at the border, and some of those doors stay shut no matter which passport you present.

    Source · Investment Migration Insider

  35. Mixed Individual liberties

    Freedom In Focus: Elections Abolished in Nicaragua

    zevans@freedom… sident Daniel Ortega in 2021. Argueta l Ortega boldly declared the elimination of elections in Nicaragua , saying, “Forget it; there won't be elections here again.” Referring to the opposition and other regime critics, the 80-year-old dictator asserted that they would never again have the opportunity to take control of the governmen.

    Source · Freedom House

  37. Easing Individual liberties

    Bangladesh: Fair Trial Concerns at Tribunal

    Click to expand er 17, 2025. © 2025 Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via AP Photo (London) – Bangladesh authorities are failing to uphold international legal standards at the country’s International Crimes Tribunal, Human Rights Watch said today.

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  38. ID Mixed Individual liberties

    Indonesia: Environmentalists, Indigenous Leaders Unjustly Prosecuted

    Click to expand ing company during a media interview in Sei Gawing village, Kapuas regency in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan Province, February 12, 2026. © 2026 BAY ISMOYO / AFP via Getty Images Indonesian authorities are wrongfully prosecuting environmental defenders who protest deforestation and pollution as well as Indigenous leaders who defend their land rights.The Prabowo administration has intensified the cr….

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  41. US Easing Residency / nationality

    Proposed DHS Work Authorization Rule Threatens Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors

    Click to expand trategies for preparing their families if a parent is detained or deported, January 17, 2025. © 2025 Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a policy change in June that would significantly limit employment authorization available for many immigrants.  But for many, including survivors of domestic violence, the ability to work in the United States is cruci….

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  43. Mixed Business / company

    Capital Allowances in Europe, 2026

    Although sometimes overlooked in discussions about corporate taxation, capital allowances play an important role in a country’s corporate tax base and can impact investment decisions—with far-reaching economic consequences.

    Source · Tax Foundation

  44. Easing Individual liberties

    Nepal: Government Actions Threaten Judicial Independence

    Click to expand etitions and applications in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 19, 2026. © 2026 Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Geneva) – Recent actions by the government of Nepal that threaten the independence of the country’s judiciary are a source of serious concern, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today.  In particular, political pressure has….

    Source · Human Rights Watch

  47. CN Mixed Residency / nationality

    Joint Statement: Urgent Call to Thai Government to Halt the Forcible Return of Journalist Bai Zhaodong to China

    zevans@freedom… igned press freedom, journalists', human rights, and international organisations, urgently call on the Thai authorities to refrain from forcibly returning detained Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China. This appeal follows confirmation from local sources that Bai, who is currently held at the Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok, faces an imminent risk of deportation.  In Septe….

    Source · Freedom House

  48. Mixed Business / company

    A Taxing Approach to High Energy Costs Will Backfire

    If you want more energy production, taxing producers is the wrong place to start. And if you want to tax companies more if they’re making big profits, the corporate income tax already does that.

    Source · Tax Foundation