The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday ordered the pretrial chamber to reconsider Israel’s objections to the exercise of the ICC’s jurisdiction regarding arrest warrants issued against Israeli officials. Israel argued in the present case that the pretrial chamber prematurely “rejected the jurisdictional challenge on procedural grounds, without substantive scrutiny of Israel’s serious objections to [...]

Independent UN rights experts expressed alarm Thursday about the use of forced psychiatric treatment to punish political dissenters in Belarus. The experts have stated that 33 people have been coerced into undergoing psychiatric treatment in response to political protest. Only eight of these have been reported released, meaning at least 25 more people are involuntarily [...]

Amnesty International called Friday for the immediate and unconditional release of Tanzanian opposition party chairman Tundu Lissu, who they say was arbitrarily arrested. Amnesty International’s regional director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, implored Tanzania to “focus on upholding fundamental human rights in the country, including the right to freedom of expression and peaceful [...]

The UK Home Office faces an investigation into the allegedly dangerous conditions at the Manston holding center for asylum seekers in 2022, local media reported on Monday, following the release of a Home Office internal document. At least 250 of those asylum seekers affected are planning to sue the UK government. Those suing include a [...]

The UK released an updated list of sanctions against Russia, including measures banning entry into the UK for individuals who provide significant support to the Russian state or owe their wealth to the Russian state, following the third anniversary of the Ukraine war on Monday. The Russian individuals targeted by the sanctions package are primarily [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on Israel Thursday to stop “suffocating the press in Gaza.” RSF detailed the numerous obstacles to free journalism that remain in Gaza one month after the ceasefire. Despite international support for the ceasefire, journalists in Gaza continue to die for their cause as they report on the dire situation in [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner published a report on Friday detailing North Korea’s ongoing and worsening human rights crisis. The report, which consists of numerous interviews with North Korean escapees and former officials and detailed accounts of human rights crises developed from consultations with human rights organizations, documents the abuses of human rights [...]

Israeli journalist and Knesset member Naama Lazimi (Democratic Party) shared a letter on X confirming that the Israeli police are conducting a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara Netanyahu. The letter, addressed to Lazimi, was made public on Sunday. In the letter, the state attorney’s office responded to Lazimi’s demand to open [...]

The Council of Europe’s Venice Commission (officially European Commission for Democracy through Law) has published an urgent report on the conditions and legal standards whereby constitutional courts can invalidate elections following a controversial ruling of the Romanian Constitutional Court. The report, published Monday, was in response to a request from Theodoros Rousopoulos, president of the [...]

The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group revealed the increasing political and religious persecution of Muslims in Crimea in a report published on Monday. The report discusses how the treatment of Muslim groups in Crimea (especially Crimean Tartar Muslims) has worsened in the past decade as Russia has become increasingly bold in its repression of opposition. [...]