Amnesty International on Friday warned that recent flooding in Mozambique underscores widening global inequalities in climate responsibility, as major emitting states scale back both environmental protections and international cooperation. The organization said communities in Mozambique are facing repeated climate disasters, with heavy rains displacing thousands and damaging infrastructure in low-lying coastal regions, where recovery remains [...]

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Saturday condemned Israeli and US strikes across Iran and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory attacks, warning that the escalation risks a wider regional conflict and reiterating that international law requires the protection of civilians and accountability for violations. In a statement delivered in Geneva, Türk said he “deplore the military [...]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on Thursday to dismiss the human smuggling charges against him.  He accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of vindictive prosecution, saying that the Trump Administration is pursuing the case because it was ordered to return him to the United States. Abrego Garcia [...]

Amnesty International said Thursday that since December 2025, Israeli authorities have intentionally implemented measures aimed at dispossessing Palestinians in the West Bank and rendering the occupied territory’s annexation irreversible. Amnesty’s senior director for research and advocacy Erika Guevara-Rosas said the lack of international accountability, global impunity, and continued US support have emboldened Israeli authorities to [...]

South Korea officially relaunched its Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Thursday to renew its investigation into human rights violations in the nation’s history, with a special focus on alleged irregularities and fraud in the nation’s historic intercountry adoption system. The announcement was published this week on the websites of a Korean foreign consulate, confirming [...]