The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday expressed concerns over “highly inflammatory” rhetoric, accompanied by troop movements, by senior military officers in South Sudan.  A statement by a military commander in Jonglei State, calling for indiscriminate violence against civilians, had reportedly led to 180,000 fleeing their homes. This was deemed [...]

Two media outlets reported on states’ abuses of Interpol red notices to target political dissidents and human rights defenders on Monday. Amnesty International urged Interpol to address this “grave institutional failure” and improve its transparency. Disclose, a French investigative media outlet, reported that Interpol has disclosed to the public less than 10 percent of the [...]

A US federal appellate court on Monday declined to reinstate an lower court injunction on federal agent tactics at protests in Minnesota. The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit refused to extend a trial court’s preliminary injunction that prohibited agents from retaliating against individuals engaged in “peaceful and unobstructive protest activity.” The injunction came [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) concluded on Monday that former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial. Following the assessment by a three-expert panel, the chamber found that Duterte’s medical condition does not prevent him from meaningfully participating in the pre-trial proceedings. Two experts unequivocally confirmed that Duterte has the legally required mental [...]

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case which asks whether the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) applies to users who sign up for newsletters from websites that use Meta’s tracking technology. The lawsuit accuses Paramount Global of violating the VPPA by disclosing digital subscribers’ identities and video media information, without proper [...]

The European Commission opened an investigation on Monday into X (formerly Twitter) and the use of its AI chatbot Grok to generate sexually explicit images of women and underage girls without their consent. The investigation will determine if the AI tool violates the Digital Services Act (DSA) and whether X failed its obligation to properly [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged the Syrian transitional government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to protect civilians and comply with the international human rights law following renewed fighting in northeast Syria. The group warned that civilians have borne the brunt of the escalation and discouraged both sides from obstructing humanitarian assistance [...]

The cold winter weather cut across the National Mall this past weekend as thousands of pro-life marchers filed past the Capitol dome, many clutching signs against the threat of a winter storm. At one end, near the stage where US Vice President J.D. Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed the crowd, banners declared “Equality [...]

An Amnesty International investigation found that aviation fuel, used by the Myanmar military in the nation’s ongoing civil war, continues to enter the country on “ghost ships,” the group said Sunday. Amnesty reported at least nine separate shipments of aviation fuel delivered into the country in 2024 and 2025, uncovering significant changes as to how [...]