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Amnesty International Nigeria on Saturday condemned the invasion of the Yelewata farming community that resulted in the death of approximately 200 people, calling on authorities to immediately end the violence. The statement came after “gunmen” invaded the community in the Nigerian state of...
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights Council (UNHRC) warned on Friday that the current regional instability in South Sudan could result in a “collapse” of the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement, which ended the second South Sudan Civil War. UNHRC said that the current coalescence of...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged the Kyrgyz authorities on Friday to release two cameramen who worked for Kloop, one of Kyrgyzstan’s last independent investigative news sources.
RSF condemned the President Sadyr Japarov regime’s deliberate targeting of Kloop’s personnel. Two media...
International human rights organization Amnesty International on Friday said that the Nigerian government’s pardon for the Ogoni Nine falls “far short of real justice”. The human rights organization published the statement in response to the government’s decision on Wednesday to exonerate the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called for the G7 leaders to denounce and sanction Israeli officials for recent actions in the the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The call came days ahead of the G7 summit to be held in Kananaskis, Canada.
The HRW letter called on leaders to use...
On the first anniversary of her sentencing, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued a renewed call for Chinese journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin’s immediate release. Huang, whose work helped ignite China’s #MeToo movement, was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of inciting “subversion of...
The Human Rights Research Centre (HRRC) on Friday called on Hungarian authorities to permit this year’s annual Budapest Pride march to proceed without interference, urging respect for the fundamental right to peaceful assembly.
The HRRC’s intervention comes as Budapest police recently denied...
United Nations (UN) Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, expressed alarm over escalating violence in Haiti on Friday, as gangs expand territory and continue to commit extrajudicial homicides, kidnappings, and rapes.
Türk stated:
Türk also warned against heavy-handed military solutions, calling...
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council on Thursday that Yemen faces economic “free fall” and escalating conflict risks, demanding urgent humanitarian and diplomatic interventions. Amid the Houthi attacks on Israel and retaliatory strikes by Israel on Yemeni...
Kenyan youth held demonstrations in the streets of Nairobi on Thursday, protesting against police brutality, extrajudicial killings, and Kenya’s anticipated 2025-2026 budget release.
Demonstrations were fueled by the death of Albert Ojwang, a 31-year-old teacher and prominent social media...
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