Ethiopian federal police deployed across the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle on Friday, using loudspeakers to urge residents to help law enforcement restore civil order and establish a transitional administration after local forces of the the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) withdrew. Federal officers patrolled main transit corridors alongside members of the government-allied Tigray Peace [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing Koldo Casla warned Friday in an end-of-mission statement that Ghana’s commercial construction boom is failing to address the country’s housing shortage, urging the government to prioritize working-class affordability and end unlawful evictions. Concluding a 12-day official visit to the West African nation, Casla emphasized that commercially [...]

Amnesty International, in a joint statement with over 100 human rights and humanitarian organization issued Friday, condemned Israel’s persistent violations of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, and warned that such violations render the ceasefire meaningless. Amnesty called for the ceasefire to be respected, and demanded accountability: The persistent failure to hold Israel accountable and press Israel [...]

The Delhi Police increased restrictions and heightened security measures on Friday, including the closure of metro stations and disruptions to travel routes, ahead of major protests scheduled for the next day. Delhi is preparing for a large-scale demonstration to demand the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid irregularities in the Election Commission’s [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem on Thursday called for stronger protections for older women, warning that ageism and sex discrimination continue to leave violence, exploitation and neglect largely invisible in laws, policies and support systems. Alsalem’s Report A/81/133, entitled “Violence against older women,” highlighted persistent gaps in legal protection, [...]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio placed full sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday in response to continuing investigations into potential war crimes committed by the US and Israel. “Our message is clear: the United States and its people are not subject to the jurisdiction of the ICC,” Rubio said in a [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the Salvadoran courts, saying that since the beginning of 2026 they have been holding trials that have convicted hundreds of defendants at a time, relying on uncorroborated evidence and giving defendants no chance to prepare a defense. Commenting on the mass trials, Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at Human [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday said a growing number of Southeast Asian states are cutting back on the death penalty, creating new momentum towards abolition in a region long known for its strong support for capital punishment. The statement came ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, alongside a new briefing [...]

Yesterday, Americans learned that their government plans to broadcast a killing. The Pentagon said Thursday that the December execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted of murdering 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be livestreamed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had vowed to make the execution public. The proposed spectacle would bring a firing squad into [...]