UN experts on Monday raised alarm over allegations of poor conditions, inhumane treatment, and other international law violations at a Belarus detention center. Following confidential meetings with a Navapolatsk Correctional Colony psychologist, experts heard reports of “detainees…subjected to prolonged solitary confinement, disciplinary sanctions and physical punishments after suicide attempts, denial  of essential medical care.” Detainees [...]

A panel of UN experts on Monday unsuccessfully pleaded with the European Union to immediately suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement at the EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg held on Tuesday. A motion to suspend the agreement was supported by Spain, Slovenia, and Ireland. However, Germany and Italy blocked the bid. Ireland and Spain had [...]

The Japanese government on Tuesday approved revisions to its defense equipment and technology framework, lifting restrictions on overseas weapons exports. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated: “In today’s increasingly severe security environment, no country can safeguard its own peace and security alone.” She expressed support for providing partnered and allied countries with defensive technology and equipment. [...]

El Salvador’s Fiscalia General de la Republica (Prosecutor General of the Republic) opened an unprecedented mass trial Monday against 486 alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, including founders and top-level commanders, charging them collectively with 47,000 crimes committed from 2012-2022, including 29,000 homicides. The Tribunal Sexto contra el Crimen Organizado (Sixth Tribunal against [...]

Burkina Faso’s military government has escalated a sweeping crackdown on civil society through restrictive legislation, administrative pressure, and punitive measures targeting both domestic and international organizations, according to a joint statement released by multiple rights groups Monday. Groups reported that authorities have increasingly relied on legal and administrative tools to restrict operations of civil society [...]

Amnesty International warned in its annual report Monday that human rights around the world are under severe attack, creating “a global environment where primitive ferocity could flourish.” In the report, entitled “The State of the World’s Human Rights,” Amnesty noted that in 2025, authoritarian practices intensified worldwide. Anti-rights rhetoric and discrimination against disadvantaged groups continue [...]

Two Palestinian water delivery truck drivers were killed by Israeli fire on Friday, prompting aid groups to halt activities in the area. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that the attack threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean water to hundreds of thousands of people. Early Friday morning, two men were killed by Israeli fire at [...]

Peruvian presidential candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga of the ultra-conservative Renovacion Popular party alleged fraud on Sunday regarding the country’s April 12 general elections and demanded the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) annul the results. This is despite presenting no evidence to support his claims and contradicting the findings of both domestic and international election observers. [...]

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday expressed concern regarding the human cost associated with the resumption of the armed conflict in the country, following the discovery of human remains in Jonglei State during road works. The chair of the UN Commission, Yasmin Sooka, said: The discovery of human remains in a [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several other human rights organizations on Thursday issued a joint statement urging the government of the Republic of Maldives to withdraw plans to end its death penalty moratorium and introduce capital punishment for drug-related crimes. HRW warned that the Maldives’ recent proposal would violate its obligations under international law, including [...]