Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern on Tuesday over uncleared landmines and explosive remnants harming civilians returning to Syria. It urged the transitional government to take effective measures to prevent further harm. According to HRW, large parts of Syria, including agricultural lands, were extensively contaminated with anti-personnel landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosive weapons by [...]

Amnesty International called on the Thai authorities on Monday to investigate and implement effective measures to halt malicious state-sponsored smear campaigns and cyberattacks targeting civil society — including Amnesty International itself. Amnesty’s Thailand researcher, Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong, stated: “These cyberattacks are an outrageous assault on Thailand’s civic space. Thai authorities must immediately end these malicious smear [...]

Amnesty International urged the Mexican Senate on Friday to renew the Citizen Council of the National Search System, which has been vacant since May 2024. Amnesty International stated that: the Council’s inability to operate effectively hinders the right of people searching for victims of disappearance to participate in decision-making and overseeing the government’s plans and [...]

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan expressed deep concern on Friday over the shrinking space for civilians in Gaza, stating the Israeli army is forcibly displacing Palestinians from vast areas of land. Al-Kheetan stated: We call on all parties to reach a permanent ceasefire as soon as possible. [...]

Israel’s Supreme Court issued an injunction on Friday, temporarily freezing the dismissal of Ronen Bar, the head of the domestic intelligence service, known as Shin Bet. This comes hours after the Israeli cabinet voted unanimously to dismiss Ronen Bar by April 10 at the latest. According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement, Ronen Bar’s “directives [...]

Amnesty International urged Mozambican authorities on Monday to disclose the results of any investigation conducted in the case of Inocêncio Manhique, a protester who the group said suffered from unlawful use of force during a peaceful protest. Manhique was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet by the police during a peaceful protest two [...]

Twenty-four organizations highlighted the critical link between fossil fuels and climate harm in a joint submission to the UN on Friday, emphasizing the obligations and responsibilities of states and corporations under the polluter-pays principle and the right to remedy for those affected by the climate crisis. The organizations, which included Amnesty International, the Center for [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned of escalating violence in Syria in a statement on Sunday, urging an immediate end to the killing of civilians in the coastal areas of northwest Syria. He stated: Following a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by elements of the former government and other local [...]

Japan’s Nagoya High Court ruled on Friday that the country’s lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. This ruling marks the fourth consecutive high court decision to declare the current government policy unconstitutional following similar verdicts in Tokyo, Fukuoka and Sapporo. The appellants argued that the current provisions of Japan’s Civil Code and Family [...]

A UN expert on Thursday expressed concern over the escalating human rights crisis in Afghanistan, asserting that the Taliban is increasingly governing Afghan society through repression and fear. UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan Richard Bennett stated:  As time goes on, more girls are being denied their right to education beyond [...]