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UN Special Rapporteurs on Thursday condemned an ongoing strategy by Russian authorities to silence dissent, human rights advocacy, and anti-war expression. They warn that this is a “systematic dismantling” of civil society under the guise of protecting national security and public safety.
Over...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that nearly one thousand Senegalese citizens continue to live in temporary shelters, with no clear prospect of relocation to permanent housing, a decade after coastal floods struck the Langue de Barbarie peninsula and destroyed their homes.
HRW’s...
The UN human rights chief stated on Thursday that Serbia is facing growing concern over a steady erosion of civic space, with mounting evidence that pressure on journalists, civil society, and political dissent is becoming more systematic and harder to ignore.
UN High Commissioner for Human...
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday that starting January 1, 2027, Greece plans to ban access to social media for children under the age of 15.
The proposed ban is expected to be legislated in Greek Parliament through mid-2026. Leaders have made no public...
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk condemned on Wednesday the massive wave of Israeli military strikes across Lebanon that reportedly killed hundreds and injured thousands, including civilians.
Türk called the attacks “appalling,” stating:
Israel said it carried out roughly 100 strikes across...
Thousands of Indigenous peoples gathered in Brasília on Tuesday to protest threats to their land rights, marching through Three Powers Plaza, home to Brazil’s Supreme Court, Parliament and Congress.
The week-long protest is an annual event for the Free Land Camp (ATL) movement, mobilized by the...
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed Australian police’s recent arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, an Australian soldier accused of committing five counts of war crimes in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012, as a step towards justice for victims.
The arrest comes almost six years after the...
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday called for international accountability in the midst of the Iran war, which it says has led to an unprecedented increase in human rights violations against civilians residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Stressing the severity of the situation...
Erick Valencia-Salazar, a California man who co-founded the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge.
Salazar was arrested in Tapalpa in 2022 for conspiring to send thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the US on behalf of the...
The Secretary General of Amnesty International Agnès Callamard condemned on Tuesday President Trump’s threats against Iran if they failed to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Callamard warned that the mere threat of such an act showed cruelty and would violate international humanitarian law if...
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