Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Philippines to apprehend Senator Ronald dela Rosa, expressing deep concern over reports that he fled the Senate building to evade an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Amnesty International Philippines executive director Ritz Lee Santos III stated: “We are deeply alarmed at the obstruction of justice and chaotic [...]

Amnesty International released a report on Monday outlining the rising level of online hate speech towards women, visible minorities and the 2SLGBTQI+ community in Canada. The report details the increase of xenophobia, misogyny and racism in Canada. It also explains how these factors intersect with one another to create a “virulent cocktail” of hate mongering [...]

A panel of UN experts on Monday unsuccessfully pleaded with the European Union to immediately suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement at the EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg held on Tuesday. A motion to suspend the agreement was supported by Spain, Slovenia and Ireland. However, Germany and Italy blocked the bid. Ireland and Spain had [...]

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Denise Brown, warned on Sunday that the African country is being “abandoned.” The global rollback of humanitarian assistance, as well as the proliferation of armed conflict and climate disasters, has squeezed humanitarian organizations to the brink, and the global response to Sudan has been especially inadequate. So far, the [...]

A Los Angeles jury found Wednesday that Meta and Youtube are liable for negligence in having knowingly designed addictive and harmful products. The platforms were found to have deliberately targeted children, which led to significant harm against the plaintiff. The judge awarded $3 million in damages for the plaintiff, and additional punitive damages to be [...]

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the escalating hostilities in the Middle East could lead to record levels of food insecurity, and the largest disruption in the global economy and humanitarian efforts since the COVID-19 pandemic. WFP deputy executive director and chief operating officer Carl Skau said: “If this conflict continues, it [...]

Vietnam’s Law on Artificial Intelligence (AI) came into effect on Sunday, marking the first framework of its kind in Southeast Asia. The new law’s content largely mirrors the European Union’s AI Act, which seeks to ensure accountability, transparency, and safety in light of challenges that follow AI use, including copyright infringement, misinformation, and deepfakes. It [...]

Amnesty International on Monday protested the Hong Kong Court of Appeal decision to reject the appeals of the group of imprisoned activists known as the Hong Kong 47, calling it a “missed opportunity to start restoring justice.” The Hong Kong 47 are a group of prominent activists who were arrested during the 2020 pro-democracy protests and collectively [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent an open letter to Libya’s prosecutor general requesting transparency over the recent arrest of Osama Elmasry Njeem and compliance with a pending International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Elmasry was initially arrested in Italy but extradited back to Libya upon request from Libyan authorities, contrary to Italy’s obligations under articles [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned an Algerian court for a decision in the second instance that upheld the imprisonment of trade unionist and president of the National Union of Civil Servants in the Field of Culture and Arts (SNFC), Ali Mammeri. The decision also reduced the sentence from 15 years to 10 years. Mammeri was [...]