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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, on Saturday called for senior EU officials to face prosecution for their alleged complicity in war crimes committed by Israel during its ongoing assault on Gaza. In a series of interviews and...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday dismissed Sudan’s case accusing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of violating the Genocide Convention by allegedly arming and financing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group implicated in atrocities during Sudan’s ongoing civil war...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report on Sunday urging Malaysia’s Sarawak state to protect Indigenous rights after a company logged timber without the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of an Indigenous Iban community.
HRW asked Sarawak to “enforce their laws that regulate the trade of...
The UK Court of Appeal upheld a ruling Friday that found 2023 protest regulations unlawful, marking a critical blow to legislation that civil liberties groups said undermined the right to protest and bypassed the will of Parliament.
The case, brought by the National Council for Civil Liberties...
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday criticized a Polish legislation suspending the right to asylum applications for migrants crossing the border from Belarus. According to AI, the law effectively codifies the unlawful forced return of migrants by authorizing border guards to disregard asylum...
Amnesty International (AI) urged India on Friday to immediately prioritize humanitarian assistance and “implement a clear, inclusive and time‑bound plan for the safe and voluntary return of communities” displaced by two years of ethnic violence in Manipur. As of Thursday, more than 58,000...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday announced that the economic indicator in its 2025 World Press Freedom Index has fallen to an unprecedented, critical low, prompting the global state of press freedom to be classified as a “difficult situation” for the first time in the Index’s history...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Friday of the significant risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and censorship to press freedom, noting that states increasingly “weaponize” AI to restrict the flow of information.
In conjunction with World Press Freedom Day...
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Friday that severe funding shortfalls are stripping away essential protections for the world’s most vulnerable refugees and leaving them increasingly exposed to abuse, poverty, forced returns to unsafe conditions, and the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday issued a 59-page report stating that the US should repeal the Alien Enemies Act.
HRW emphasized that US obligations under international law have drastically changed since the Alien Enemies Act was enacted. The organization stated: “T]he US is party to...
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