Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Thai authorities on Tuesday to release US scholar Paul Chambers following his arrest on charges of lèse majesté (insulting the monarchy) and cybercrime. Asia director at HRW, Elaine Pearson, said: “The baseless prosecution of Paul Chambers poses a serious threat to academic freedom and free speech in Thailand,” HRW requests [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged the European Union (EU) on Friday to consider Serbia’s freedom of press violations for its EU candidacy process. Journalists in Serbia are systemically repressed, facing threats, assaults and arbitrary surveillance, RSF argued. Head of RSF’s European Union-Balkans Desk, Pavol Szalai, said, “Serbian outlets are on the brink of suffocation as [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday to reject the new “foreign agents” bill. Europe and Central Asia director at HRW Hugh Williamson argued that if the bill passes, “it could spell the end of Georgia’s independent civil society”. Besides posing problems for independent civil society in Georgia, HRW believes the government [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday against Türkiye for violations of the right to fair trial following the failure of domestic courts to provide adequate reasons for the applicant’s conviction of membership in an armed terrorist organization. The court found that the trial court of İzmir failed to provide adequate reasons [...]

Amnesty International submitted on Monday its input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights regarding the effects of toxic exposure and access to justice. The report emphasized on the right to access to justice and effective remedies in the context of environmental degradation. Amnesty International’s report considers four cases of human rights [...]

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a set of decisions on Tuesday for the Russian authorities to follow concerning the situation in Crimea. The Committee of Ministers issued the decisions following meetings between March 4 and 6, 2025. In the meetings, the Committee of Ministers urged Russian authorities to restore Ukrainian [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders called Wednesday for urgent support for rights defenders in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor recognized the deteriorating situation in the DRC, stating: “Human rights defenders in the eastern DRC are currently at extreme risk of reprisals for their human rights [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged South Africa and other countries on Monday to endorse the political declaration on strengthening the protection of civilians from the humanitarian consequences arising from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. Crisis, conflict and arms director at HRW Ida Sawyer commented, “South Africa should deepen its determination to protecting [...]

The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua warned on Wednesday that the regime of President Daniel Ortega transformed Nicaragua into an authoritarian state. UN experts call for international action. The UN group of experts released a new report on the situation in Nicaragua. The report details President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged European Union (EU) officials on Monday to condemn Israel’s violations of international law during the EU-Israel Association Council. Associate EU director at HRW Claudio Francavilla announced, “The only purpose of this Association Council meeting should be to call out those crimes and to announce long overdue measures in response.” HRW [...]