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Amnesty International highlighted the failure of successive Iraqi governments to ensure justice, truth, and reparation for the lethal crackdown on the 2019 Tishreen protests, in a report published on Monday. Titled “We hold them responsible for the blood of our youth,” the report reveals ongoing...
Amnesty International urges the international community on Monday to hold the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, accountable for violations of human rights.
The group accused the DRC president of “ignoring the continuing deterioration of human rights...
A group of Pakistani lawyers including members of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) penned a letter to the judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday formally positioning themselves in opposition to a constitutional amendment that would give rise to a new federal...
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) release on Monday highlighted the disproportionate harm that children with disabilities in Gaza are suffering as a result of Israel’s violations of humanitarian law, which include military strikes against hospitals, restrictions on humanitarian aid and a 16-year...
Pope Francis addressed clerical sexual abuse in Belgium on Friday during a meeting with Belgian civil leaders in Brussels, expressing deep remorse and calling for action. The pontiff stated that the Catholic Church was “ashamed” by these abuses, describing them as a “scourge.” Francis emphasized...
Amnesty International announced on Sunday that Saudi Arabia has put to death over 198 individuals in 2024 so far, the highest toll in the country in decades.
The group found the state to have “ramped up executions while routinely failing to abide by international fair trial standards and...
Fijian President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere has called for “respect for our region” and an end to missile testing in the Pacific following China’s recent launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Katonivere reminded the world of the...
Albania’s Court of Appeals upheld a one-year sentence on Thursday that will imprison opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Ervin Salianji during the next election for falsely reporting a crime, after he alleged that the former Minister of Interior Affairs had connections to drug trafficking...
Officials from Ukraine reported that Russia launched two drone attacks on the Saint Panteleimon hospital in Sumy on Saturday, violating international humanitarian law.
Article 18 of the Fourth Geneva Convention stipulates that civilian hospitals must never be the object of attack under any...
A Hong Kong court sentenced Chung Pui-kuen, former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, to 21 months in prison on Thursday. Patrick Lam, the former acting editor-in-chief, was released with a reduced sentence due to health issues.
Chung and Lam were found...
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