A Russian court on Monday sentenced an incarcerated 30-year old Tajikistan man to three years imprisonment and a fine of 14,215 rubles (approximately US $180) for deliberate false accusation, after the man accused staff members at a detention center of physically beating him. According to the court, the Tajik citizen wished to inculpate staff of [...]

The Belarus parliament passed a bill on Thursday criminalizing “propaganda” for LGBTQA+ relationships, sex change, child-free lifestyles, and pedophilia, with punishment including fines, community service, or 15 days detention. Parliament drafted the bill in February 2024. The bill will now go to President Lukashenko, who is expected to sign it. Belarus decriminalized homosexuality in 1994, [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday urged Russia to fulfill its obligations under international law and restore access to internet and communication networks in light of continuing censorship and protestor arrests. Russian authorities continue to impose broad mobile internet and cellular access shutdowns under apparently pretextual public safety justifications, with some of the closure orders lasting up [...]

Amnesty International on Monday urged the International Association Football Federation (FIFA), national football associations, and 2026 FIFA World Cup sponsors to make sure human rights of fans, players, journalists, workers, and local communities are preserved during the tournament, which will begin June 11 in Canada, Mexico and the US. The rights group reminded host countries [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday reported on threats to basic rights posed by China’s new cybercrime bill, and urged the concerned governments to press China to scrap the draft law. China’s Ministry of Public Security published the proposed Draft Law on Cybercrime Prevention and Control in January, and while it addresses legitimate concerns—criminal online activities, [...]

At the 2026 Green Growth Summit on Monday, UN experts took the opportunity to promote renewable energy in the midst of the global oil panic, urging Europe to not miss an opportunity to invest in green energy. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, reiterated the accessible and stable aspects [...]

The UN office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published a press release Tuesday on the impact that the conflict in the Middle East is having on the civilians globally, warning of direct and indirect harms created by continued military action. “The strikes against vital civilian infrastructure in the Middle East—as well as the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Israel to halt the use of white phosphorus munitions, reporting their use over civilian homes in Yohmor, a southern town in Lebanon, on March 3. HRW’s accusation of white phosphorus use is backed by seven images of airburst chemical munitions, which the rights group verified and geolocated. In one [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday claimed that Australia’s offshore processing and resettlement program is cost-inefficient and argued it potentially violates international law, advocating for an investment in community-based alternatives. In a statement to the Australian Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, which has investigated the nation’s offshore resettlement policies since November 2025, HRW wrote: [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday protested the targeting of Vitaliy Shabunin, co-founder of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), by Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Shabunin, “a prominent anti-corruption activist who has played a key role in exposing allegations of government corruption,” recently criticized the Ministry of Defense and the president over weapon procurement [...]