The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a press release on Monday calling for the release of thousands of people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea. The release states there are believed to be over 10,000 people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea, including politicians, journalists, priests and students. The OHCHR acknowledged the [...]

Rights group Human Rights Watch raised concern on Sunday over Qatari government clients’ and other major businesses’ failure to pay contractors on time for projects, leaving migrant workers unpaid. The findings, detailed in a press release, reveal that systemic payment delays at the top of contracting chains, including by government entities, create a “domino effect” [...]

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in a 3-2 majority, affirmed on Monday its jurisdiction to investigate the alleged war crimes that took place in Gaza after October 7, 2023, the Hamas-led attack on Israel. The majority upheld the pre-trial chamber’s decision that the alleged crimes committed in Gaza after October 7, [...]

Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón on Sunday signed into law Senate Bill 63 (SB 63), a measure that modifies public records request procedures in the US territory.  SB 63 amends the territory’s 2019 Transparency and Expedited Procedure for Access to Public Information Act, which is similar to the US Freedom of Information Act. Under the [...]

The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear a case challenging the federal illegality of marijuana. The case, Canna Provisions v. Bondi, was brought by four Massachusetts commercial cannabis growers. The businesses alleged that the Controlled Substances Act exceeds the powers of Congress under the Commerce Clause and violates the right to [...]

UN experts said Monday that Norway’s decision to stop issuing deep-sea mining licenses until at least the end of 2029, and to withhold all public funds for such activities, marks a major advance for ocean protection, environmental integrity, the cultural identity of Indigenous peoples, and human rights. The statement from a group of UN Special [...]

Human Rights Watch said Monday that the Israel’s repeated attacks on reconstruction-related equipment and other civilian facilities in southern Lebanon throughout 2025 constitute war crimes. The extensive report documented four specific strikes between August and October that killed three civilians and destroyed over 360 pieces of heavy machinery and a major cement factory. The attacks [...]

Australian authorities announced on Monday plans to heighten firearms restrictions after two gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, a mass shooting national authorities have called “an act of pure evil, an act of terror, an act of antisemitism.”  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement following a National Security [...]

Human Rights Watch said on Monday that the M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces that captured the city of Uvira in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on December 10 have put civilians at grave risk of abuse. The warning followed the fall of Uvira, South Kivu province, in a joint offensive that [...]