Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday warned that recent legislation in China may lead to escalated repression of ethnic minorities and extend “ideological control” beyond the country’s borders. The new legislation prioritizes Mandarin Chinese dominance across all regions of the People’s Republic. Article 15(3) of the law requires that minority language documents be accompanied by [...]

Hundreds of Portland citizens gathered outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the city over the weekend. Public outrage began when Trump posted Saturday that he was “directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged [...]

The Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council on Monday said that over 1,000 people have been executed in Iran in 2025, warning that this represents a dramatic escalation that violates international human rights law.   The UN experts wrote: “With an average of more than nine hangings per day in recent weeks, Iran [...]

Sixteen plaintiffs, supported by the National Redistricting Foundation, sued the US state of Missouri on Sunday, alleging that a new law redistricting federal congressional seats violates the state’s constitution. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed the new legislation, enthusiastically backed by President Donald Trump, into law that same day. It aims to redistrict a Democrat-held federal [...]

The American Bar Association (ABA) has waded into a politically charged dispute over Justice Department independence, releasing a statement condemning the use of government power to threaten political opponents and officials “who were doing their job.” The move underscored the organization’s increasingly visible advocacy role. In the statement issued Friday, the national professional organization for [...]

Amnesty International on Monday cautioned against what it called a “dangerously premature” push to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, warning that repatriation under existing conditions in northern Rakhine State “could be catastrophic. The rights group warned of harrowing conditions that could face the returning Rohingya—a predominantly Muslim ethnic group from Myanmar’s Rakhine State [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday condemned Tajikistan’s authorities for wrongfully imprisoning lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov for 10 years and urged his release, citing politically motivated charges linked to his work representing opposition figures. Buzurgmehr Yorov was arrested in September 2015. Authorities raided his home and office without a warrant and charged him with forgery, fraud, [...]

Syrian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the ousted president, Bashar al-Assad, a judge announced on Saturday. In a statement to the state-run news agency SANA (affiliated with Syria’s Ministry of Information), the investigating judge said that the charges concern 2011 repression in Daraa, and include “premeditated murder, torture leading to death, and deprivation [...]

A UN expert called Friday for Mali to remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the country announced plans to withdraw last week. On September 22, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced their joint withdrawal from the Rome Statute, accusing the ICC of selective justice, inability to handle proven war crimes, and being a [...]

The United Nations Security Council on Saturday evening reimposed broad sanctions and restrictions on Iran, after determining that Tehran had engaged in “significant non-performance” of its nuclear obligations. The sanctions were restored under the snapback provision of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). That mechanism allowed [...]