The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday urged Myanmar’s Arakan Army to release local reporter Mu Dra, who was recently abducted by the rebel forces. Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative, stressed: “All combatants in Myanmar’s civil war have a responsibility to protect and not target journalists in retaliation for their news reporting.” [...]

Nine international human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), urged the European Union (EU) and its member states on Wednesday to take action to stop Georgia’s assault against human rights and civil society organizations. In a joint statement, the rights organizations called on the EU to publicly condemn Georgian authorities for their attacks on [...]

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the ongoing crackdown on civil opposition by the Iranian authorities following the conflict with Israel. According to the rights groups, the Iranian government is using national security as an excuse to target dissidents and minorities. Sara Hashash, deputy regional director for the Middle East and North [...]

Amnesty International on Monday condemned Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, claiming that this is the outcome of a deliberate Israeli policy. According to Amnesty International, the levels of hunger and disease reached in Gaza are not merely a result of Israel’s military operations, but a deliberate policy of genocide against the Palestinians. Erika Guevara [...]

The UN Security Council voiced concerns on Sunday regarding the violence and attacks against civilians in Syria’s Sweida region. The Security Council adopted a presidential statement, document S/PRST/2025/6, asserting that the Council “strongly condemns the violence perpetrated against civilians…and calls on all parties to adhere to the ceasefire arrangement and to ensure the protection of [...]

Several United Nations agencies on Monday condemned the use of starvation as a weapon of war, as malnutrition rates in Gaza spike. During the UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Secretary-General António Guterres stressed: “Hunger fuels instability and undermines peace. We must never accept hunger as a weapon of war.” His [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that the United Kingdom’s response to alleged Russian interference in its elections was sufficient to ensure the rights of Members of Parliament. In the case of Bradshaw and Others v. the United Kingdom, the Court concluded that there was no violation of Article 3 of [...]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) signed on Saturday a declaration of principles seeking to achieve peace and stability in the region. According to the Associated Press, the declaration of principles committed both the Congolese government and the Rwanda-backed rebels to sign a final peace [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday urged Sudanese authorities to immediately release two freelance journalists detained in North Darfur. CPJ Middle East and North Africa regional director Sara Qudah said, “The July 7 arrest of freelance journalists Nasr Yaqoub and Mohamed Ahmed Nazar is a clear attack on the public’s right to know [...]

Poland officially reintroduced temporary border controls on Monday along its borders with Germany and Lithuania, as part of a more restrictive border policy toward migrants. Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed that the Polish Border Guard will conduct checks at 16 points along the Polish-German border and three points along the border with [...]