Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday condemned Senegal’s harsh crackdown on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, warning that mass arrests, forced HIV testing and punitive laws are violating basic rights and fueling fear and stigma. The group urged the government to bring to a halt these abuses immediately, especially as Senegal prepares to [...]

A US district judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Sunday that directs the Trump administration to immediately stop its series of taxpayer-funded pro-Trump television ads. Judge Jennifer Rochon of the District Court for the Southern District of New York also barred any future ad purchases by the administration or anyone working in concert [...]

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents on Monday searched the Washington DC-area home of US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. While officials speaking on the condition of anonymity provided initial details to reporters, the Department of Justice (DOJ) subsequently confirmed in a statement to outlets that agents executed a “judicially [...]

On September 30, a Delhi High Court bench dismissed the latest bail appeals of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, the third such rejection for Khalid and the second for Imam. The bench did not weigh the evidence against them afresh. It held, in its own words, that it was “bound by judicial discipline” to follow [...]

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 [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Friday that livestreaming a planned execution by firing squad in the US would amount to a public execution and breach the absolute prohibition on torture. The statement follows the Pentagon’s confirmation that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist [...]

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 [...]