Syrian rebels declared on Sunday ousted President Bashar al-Assad after seizing control of the capital city of Damascus. Bashar al-Assad has reportedly fled Syria, putting an end to five decades of Ba’ath rule in this country. Rebels of the Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) movement entered Damascus on Sunday, a week after taking Syria’s second-largest city, [...]

The European Commission announced on Thursday that it would step up monitoring of the TikTok platform’s compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). The move comes in the context of the ongoing Romanian elections and aggressive online campaign of front-runner candidate Calin Georgescu. The European Commission issued an order, obliging TikTok to freeze all information [...]

Amnesty International on Monday submitted  a petition to the Pre-Trial Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) requesting an end to the ICC Prosecutor’s delay in starting the court’s investigation against Nigeria. Amnesty International submitted the request on behalf of victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity in northeast Nigeria. These individuals are part [...]

France said on Wednesday it intends to continue to work closely with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the other Israeli authorities despite the International Criminal Court’s recent arrest warrant against the Prime Minister of Israel. According to the French Foreign Ministry, under the Rome Statute, a state cannot be required to act inconsistently with its [...]

Sexual violence escalates in Haiti as the transitional government fails to protect victims of attacks, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) published on Monday. The report argued that in recent weeks, criminal groups in Haiti have intensified acts of sexual abuse against women and girls. According to presented data, in the last [...]

Global human rights deteriorated sharply in 2024, with more than 60% of countries receiving failing grades in an annual watchdog report released Thursday, reflecting what researchers called a “systemic breakdown” in protections for basic freedoms worldwide. The second annual assessment by the Global Rights Project (GRIP) found just 18% of nations achieved A or B [...]

Pope Francis seeks an investigation into the possibility of genocide occurring in Gaza, excerpts released on Sunday of his new book demonstrate. Pope Francis dedicated a passage of his yet-to-be-published book, Hope Never Disappoints, to the war in Gaza. Recognizing that some experts believe that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza constitutes crimes of genocide, the [...]

The Viasna Human Rights Center, a human rights organization based in Belarus, reported Tuesday that imprisoned Belarusian activist Maryia Kalesnikava resurfaced after more than 18 months without contact. Kalesnikava met her father in the prison hospital. Kalesnikava, a well-known opposition activist in Belarus, was the head of presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka’s 2020 campaign team. She [...]

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday urged FIFA to halt the bidding process for World Cup 2034 unless Saudi Arabia conducts major human rights reforms. The human rights organization also demands a more credible human rights strategy for the 2030 World Cup in Morocco, Spain and Portugal. Several human rights and sports organizations have already demonstrated [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the government of Mozambique Wednesday to halt internet restrictions and re-establish full access to social media platforms following post-election protests. HRW argued that these shutdowns violate several human rights, such as access to information, freedom of speech, and peaceful protest. Allan Ngari, Africa advocacy director at HRW said, “The shutdown [...]