The human rights watchdog Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL) released a report on Tuesday finding that forced labor persists on sugarcane plantations in the Dominican Republic (DR). CAL called for the US to impose an import ban in response to the findings. The alleged labor abuses include issues concerning both working and living conditions. Workers reported [...]
Amnesty International released a statement Tuesday calling for Pakistan to restore the legal rights of detained former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi Khan, urging authorities to end their prolonged isolation and guarantee them a fair and transparent trial in accordance with recognized international human rights standards. Amnesty International’s acting regional director [...]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres made a statement Wednesday calling for fresh talks to help rebuild trust between Cyprus island’s two divided communities, in a move to resolve the decades-long tension and find a sustainable political solution. Guterres explained the role of the UN, as well as the significance of a peaceful resolution to the lengthy [...]
A Russian missile barrage on Kyiv killed at least one person and damaged homes, shops and a metro station early Sunday, in a strike UN officials said breached international humanitarian law protections for civilians and civilian infrastructure. Ukrainian officials said 41 missiles were fired within 40 minutes, one of the heaviest ballistic missile attacks on [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report Monday stating that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face deadly risks from the recent landslides that killed at least 17 and displaced over 3,000. Meenakshi Ganguly, deputy Asia director at HRW, said the risks to the refugee camps are a result of government policies, stating: Every monsoon is becoming [...]
The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN) on Monday a condemned the government’s revocation of the credentials of numerous lawyers and notaries. According to testimonies from those affected, there was no notification, legal basis, nor official explanation for the revocation. Many did not know they had been stripped of their licenses until [...]
Amnesty International on Monday condemned the conviction in Türkiye of environmental activist Esra Işık. Amnesty’s deputy regional director for Europe, Esther Major, spoke on the broader impacts of the conviction on the fight to defend the environment: Today’s decision is a devastating blow for Esra Işık and for those engaged in the long struggle to [...]
UN agencies warned on Monday that Afghanistan faces one of the world’s biggest displacement crises. This warning was based on a series of overlapping challenges identified in the country’s latest socioeconomic review by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). UNDP chief Alexander De Croo noted, “In Afghanistan, crises rarely happen one at a time.” In particular, [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stared on Monday that over the past years Beijing has restructured Hong Kong’s governance in a way that reduces accountability and tightens social control. A “draconian” national security regime is in place that answers to the Chinese Communist Party leadership rather than Hong Kong’s people. Elaine Pearson, Asia director at HRW, [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report on Wednesday documenting record level attacks against human rights defenders in 2025. The Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders (HRDs) defines HRDs as “people who, individually or with others, act to promote or protect human rights in a peaceful manner.” Preliminary [...]
