Amnesty International on Monday demanded that the Cuban government immediately release seven prisoners held for political reasons, and permanently cease political detentions. The rights group listed the names of each prisoner, demanded their release, and denounced the country’s political-prisoner release process, criticizing its “opacity” and “absence of clear criteria and use of arbitrary conditions.” Advocating [...]

The Australian Parliament passed a package of new gun control and expanded hate crime legislation on Tuesday, seen as measures to combat antisemitism, extremism and gun violence following last month’s Bondi Beach shooting. The Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism laws realize leadership promises to enact tougher laws on firearms and hate-motivated violence. The combined acts establish [...]

During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, UN agencies warned on Monday that escalating hunger and displacement crises worldwide threaten global economic stability, urging governments and business leaders to take action. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) noted that nearly 318 million people worldwide were facing a crisis-level hunger, with many living in famine [...]

This interview with Nigel Biggar—Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford and an Anglican priest—was conducted in the aftermath of the twelve-day war between Iran and Israel, at a moment when questions of war, restraint, legality, and moral justification had once again forced themselves into global public consciousness. Experiencing [...]

Multiple US media outlets reported Tuesday that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, along with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and three others, received subpoenas from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over alleged interference with the Trump administration’s controversial immigration enforcement actions in that state. Others subpoenaed include St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, Minnesota Attorney General Keith [...]

Amnesty International published a report on Tuesday, warning about rising authoritarian practices in the US and detailing numerous ways how the rule of law and human rights are being threatened. The report, entitled Ringing the Alarm Bells: Rising Authoritarian Practices and Erosion of Human Rights in the United States, identifies twelve areas where Amnesty International [...]

The US Supreme Court will hear Wolford v. Lopez on Tuesday. The Second Amendment case tests whether a state may make it a crime for licensed gun owners to carry handguns onto private property open to the public unless the property owner has given express permission. The case arises from Hawaii law and asks how [...]

Uganda police on Sunday denied reports that the country’s main opposition presidential candidate, Bobi Wine, had been arrested following last Thursday’s election, in which President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, won his seventh term. Opposition officials from the National Unity Platform (NUP) said security forces, including a helicopter, were deployed near Wine’s [...]

The UN Human Rights Office raised alarm on Monday of a “sharp hike” in the number of executions globally in 2025. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk articulated the office’s key concerns, stating: My Office monitored an alarming increase in the use of the capital punishment in 2025, especially for offences not meeting [...]