Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the detention of South Sudanese political commentator Samuel Peter Oyay, who has been held in a prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for one year without charge. Joey Shea, senior UAW researcher for HRW, spoke on the UAE’s policies of repressing dissent, stating: The UAE government’s zero-tolerance [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday expressed concern that mass displacement and the overall humanitarian crisis in Yemen will intensify as the ongoing conflict escalates. UNHCR’s Yemen representative Armen Yedgaryan stressed the scale of the disaster at a press briefing in Geneva, stating: Even before the recent escalation, more than 5.2 million [...]

The International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement warned on Thursday that harsh drug laws and policies continue to play a role in systemic racism against “Africans and people of African descent around the world.” They advocated a shift to approaches based on public health and respect for human [...]

15 September 2026: International Day of Democracy For those who live in countries where democracy remains functional, it is unfortunately easy to take the associated liberties for granted. In this position of privilege, one only knows through the exercise of imagination what it is truly like to face the oppressive possibility of arbitrary execution, disappearance, [...]

Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Harvard Law School released a report Wednesday documenting 23 verified incidents of Israeli use of white phosphorus munitions in southern Lebanon between March and May 2026, urging the international community to take action to develop new regulations for these “devastating weapons.” Bonnie Docherty, senior [...]

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 [...]