Amnesty International warned in a press release on Tuesday that Salvadoran human rights activist Fidel Zavala faces an immediate risk of torture. Amnesty urge Salvadoran authorities to protect Zavala’s physical and psychological safety and ensure all those detained receive a fair trial with the proper procedural guarantees. Zavala is a spokesperson for the human rights [...]

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a press conference on Thursday with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Hungary will leave the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Former Defense Minster Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity, namely using “starvation as a method of warfare” and [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the military junta of Myanmar to facilitate relief efforts and join opposition groups in a partial ceasefire. The 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand last Friday, devastating the Sagaing region. The official death toll is at 2,065 although experts warn the number could [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to place local populations’ human rights at the center of the deal settling their long-standing border dispute. The group also urged the states to ensure victims of war crimes from the 2022 conflict receive justice. The group urged the two neighboring states to support investigations [...]

The Brazilian Supreme Court unanimously decided on Wednesday to proceed with a trial against former president Jair Bolsonaro for  conspiring to overthrow the government after his 2022 election defeat. Last month, Prosecutor General of the Republic Paulo Gonet Branco charged Bolsonaro and 34 other individuals with acts committed “against the Three Branches of Government and [...]

A coalition of rights groups and families of victims from the deadly 2020 Beirut explosion released an open letter on Friday urging Lebanon’s new government to strengthen judicial independence and ensure an impartial investigation into the blast. The letter directly charged that state officials have impeded the investigation into the blast and other various financial [...]

Anti-corruption NGO Transparency International, along with 264 separate rights groups and individuals, urged the UN climate change agency to call out fossil fuel lobbyists for their efforts in delaying climate progress on Tuesday. The letter urged the leadership of 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) to “confront high-polluting industries’ undue influence in climate negotiations and [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided on Friday that the standard of proof required in major disciplinary offense proceedings for inmates would be raised from a “balance of probabilities” to “beyond a reasonable doubt.” This decision comes n John Howard Society of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General), in which it was successfully argued that [...]

The Constitutional Court of Romania unanimously decided on Tuesday to deny the candidacy of independent leader Călin Georgescu in the upcoming election. This decision irrevocably rejects Georgescu’s appeal of the nullification of his candidacy by the Central Election Bureau (BEC) two days earlier. The reasoning cited by the court was a failure in his constitutional [...]

Italy’s highest appeals court ordered the government to provide financial compensation to a group of migrants who were confined to an overcrowded coast guard ship for ten days on Friday. Most of the 190 Eritrean migrants were not allowed to disembark at a port in Malta following an order from the former interior minister Matteo [...]