The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed alarm Monday over new directives issued by Israeli authorities ordering international media to obtain prior approval from the military censor before broadcasting news from combat zones or missile impact areas in Israel. The move represents a significant escalation in efforts to control wartime reporting. CPJ Regional Director Sara [...]

Independent human rights experts have issued a stark warning, calling on India to immediately put an end to its practice of arbitrary and punitive demolitions that disproportionately affect low-income households, minorities, and migrants. According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, India is leading the front in illegal home demolitions. These actions [...]

Most African governments consistently fail to meet crucial education funding targets, hindering the provision of quality public education for millions of children, according to a Human Rights Watch announcement Monday during the African Union’s Day of the African Child. The organization claimed the persistent underinvestment undermines governments’ legal and political commitments to ensure free and [...]

Afghanistan is gripped by a “deep human rights crisis” as the Taliban systematically dismantles legal and institutional frameworks, abolishing crucial protections for women and girls, a UN expert warned today. Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, presented his new report to the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council, [...]

Amnesty International on Monday renewed its urgent call for the immediate and unconditional release of prominent Saudi cleric and reformist scholar Salman al-Ouda, who has been held in solitary confinement since his arrest in September 2017. The organization condemned the continued detention of Alodah as “unjust” and “politically motivated,” citing a broader crackdown on dissent [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday dismissed Sudan’s case accusing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of violating the Genocide Convention by arming and financing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group implicated in atrocities over the course of Sudan’s ongoing civil war. The ICJ found that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed. In [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, on Saturday called for senior EU officials to face prosecution for their alleged complicity in war crimes committed by Israel during its ongoing assault on Gaza. In a series of interviews and reports, Albanese has repeatedly accused EU leaders—particularly European Commission [...]

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) launched the Victims of Terrorism Associations Network (VoTAN) on Monday. A key outcome of the first United Nations Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism, the initiative seeks to foster stronger collaboration among victims’ associations worldwide, enhance advocacy, and ensure that victims’ rights and needs are at the center of counter-terrorism [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday strongly condemned the 11-hour detention and potential prosecution of two journalists in Macao, calling the move a “disturbing escalation” in the ongoing suppression of independent journalism in China’s special administrative region. According to the news outlet All About Macau, the two reporters were detained for 11 hours [...]

The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI), a leading farmers’ body, strongly rejected the Punjab provincial government’s recently announced Rs15 billion ($17,609) wheat support package, terming it insufficient and ill-conceived. PKI President Khalid Mahmood Khokhar, addressing a press conference in Multan on Sunday, called for a guaranteed support price instead to shield farmers from mounting financial losses. [...]