Amnesty International called for the Indian government to stop its unlawful deportation of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, in a statement released on Thursday. This follows reports of the government deporting refugees and forcing them across the Bangladesh border over recent months. Aakar Patel, the chairman of Amnesty International India, stated: “Recent allegations of deportations from [...]

Turkish authorities brought charges on Wednesday against Joakim Medin, a Swedish journalist for news site Dagens ETC, for insulting the president. Medem was also charged with terror-related crimes, with a potential sentence of 12 years of imprisonment. Medin travelled extensively to conflict-ridden areas in Türkiye, while allegedly promoting pro-PKK sentiments on his social media accounts [...]

UN experts on Monday called for an end to the arbitrary, indefinite detention of approximately 52,000 people in Syria. The detained individuals — mainly concentrated in northeast Syria — are those whom the local Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have accused of adherence to the extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL), with over [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that governments should provide more support to Tibetans in exile, in a statement marking the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China. On March 10, 1959, Tibetans gathered in Lhasa, to protest against Chinese occupation and protect the Dalai Lama, who was under the threat of assassination. [...]

UNICEF warned on Wednesday that the halt of aid in the Gaza Strip would have a catastrophic impact on families and vulnerable people in Gaza. UNICEF has stated that although it provides aid and necessary resources, it is not enough to address the needs in the area. Given the prolonged lack of access that had [...]

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child stated on Thursday that children are facing extreme violations of rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The committee, established to help protect child rights in its signatory states, including the DRC, has expressed concern over violence, abduction and military recruitment of children in the [...]

Minh Quang Pham, an accused member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was sentenced Tuesday to 44 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack at London’s Heathrow Airport in 2011. The sentence was handed down by Judge Richard Berman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to [...]

Germany’s parliament passed a motion for stricter migration rules on Wednesday. The nonbinding motion, backed by the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), calls for permanent border control, rejection of all undocumented immigrants, and detention of “those who must leave.” It was passed with 348 votes in favor and 344 votes against. The motion described [...]

South Sudan issued a social media ban for at least 30 days on Wednesday, following concerns over the spread of footage depicting violence against South Sudanese in Sudan. The ban was communicated in a directive issued by the National Communications Authority to all social media providers operating in the country to prevent hate speech and the [...]

The Public Prosecutor’s office in Guatemala conducted an operation at the compound of Lev Tahor, an extremist Jewish sect, on Friday. Following reports of abuse within the group, the authorities performed a search and seizure, taking at least 40 women and 160 minors into protective custody. Authorities also discovered at least one skeleton of a [...]