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Cuban authorities are escalating surveillance and harassment of families of political prisoners while denying adequate medical care to jailed dissidents, Amnesty International said Monday. The human rights organization reported that relatives of prisoners of conscience face police cordons around their homes, movement restrictions, and threats, and that these actions are occurring in the absence of [...]

Houthi authorities in Yemen have arbitrarily detained more than 20 Christians over the past three months in what Human Rights Watch (HRW) characterizes as a campaign of enforced disappearances targeting the religious minority. The detentions began in late November and early December 2025, with an expansion on December 24, Christmas Eve, according to HRW interviews [...]

A judge in Maricopa County Superior Court ordered Friday that Arizona must stop enforcing laws that predate the state’s 2024 Right to Abortion constitutional amendment. Judge Greg Como enjoined the state from enforcing laws that barred abortion if sought for a non-fatal genetic abnormality and that barred the prescription of abortion pills by telehealth.  He [...]

At a moment when the meaning and vitality of the rule of law are hotly debated, we risk forgetting that the principles we now take for granted were not inevitable—they were fought for, often by individuals whose names have been forgotten. This series profiles the pioneers of rights: people who identified gaps in legal protection [...]

Doctors without Borders (MSF) on Monday denounced the blocking of humanitarian access to opposition-held areas by the government of South Sudan, warning of harm afflicting vulnerable populations, including children, pregnant women and patients with chronic or critical conditions. In a statement, the group warned that at least 23 patients are currently in critical condition and [...]

A US federal judge in Minnesota on Saturday refused to halt the Trump administration’s massive immigration enforcement operation in the Twin Cities, denying a request by the state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul for preliminary injunctive relief.​​ District Judge Katherine Menendez held that plaintiffs had not shown a sufficient likelihood [...]

Four women and a physician in Arkansas filed a lawsuit against the state on Wednesday over its abortion ban, claiming the law is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs seek to strike down a ban that was enacted immediately after the US Supreme Court’s 2022 opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade. The [...]

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 [...]

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Friday hailed Malaysia’s positive developments in maternal and infant health care, while questioning the use of penalties for children convicted in serious crimes and calling for alternatives to institutionalization for children. Following its review of Malaysia’s latest periodic report, the committee commended the country’s efforts [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned Thursday that recent reductions in donor support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria risk undermining the right to health for millions of people worldwide. HRW said donors have pledged US$11.85 billion toward the Global Fund’s US$18 billion target for the 2026–2028 replenishment cycle, leaving a US$6.15 [...]