UN experts on Friday expressed concern over the eviction of more than 400 migrants from the Badalona 9 (B9) informal settlement in Catalonia on 17 December 2025, calling the move “a serious violation of the right to adequate housing” and warning it could amount to cruel, inhuman, or degrading...
Austria’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Meta’s personalized advertising model practices violate EU data protection law, which requires a company to obtain consent with “clear and plain language, ” about how one’s personal information is used—something Meta failed to do.
The court held...
Human rights groups on Wednesday welcomed the recent release of several prisoners convicted in connection with protests following Belarus’ disputed 2020 presidential election. They also cautioned that the move should not be read as a broader improvement in the country’s human rights situation...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern over the recent escalation in hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia and the danger posed to civilians.
“I am alarmed by reports that areas around villages and cultural sites are being struck by fighter jets, drones, and...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomed on Thursday that significant progress has been achieved globally towards strengthening children’s rights in its 2025 highlights. It praised various measures adopted by some countries to protect children’s right to education. However, it stressed that an...
The UN Human Rights Office published a report on Thursday detailing their findings of atrocities committed during a three-day offensive by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Sudan.
The UN deems this conduct to amount to violations of...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned the killing of Teke civilians in Kinshasa in late November, underscoring the growing threat of intercommunal violence in western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
HRW described the killings as “an apparent retaliatory attack linked to rising...
Satellite imagery analysis reveals widespread evidence of systematic mass killings and body disposal by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El-Fasher, Sudan, following the paramilitary group’s capture of the North Darfur capital in late October, according to a report released this week by Yale...
A coalition of nine human rights organizations called on Kazakhstan to end its crackdown on independent media after authorities raided a newsroom, detained journalists and pressured reporters over their coverage.
Police searched the offices of independent news outlet Orda.kz on Dec. 1 and...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Egyptian authorities on Wednesday to quash the conviction of prominent economist Abd al-Khaliq Farouk, who was sentenced to five years in prison on October 2 for articles and social media posts critical of the government and military. HRW described the conviction...
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