The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) released a warning on Friday that Israeli strikes and widespread evacuation orders in Lebanon are causing a deepening humanitarian crisis. Since March 2, more than 1 million people, one in five residents, have been forced to flee their homes. Even in flight, residents are not safe. Israeli strikes have [...]
Indonesia’s new regulation banning children under the age of 16 from accessing social media and online platforms came into effect on Saturday. The new regulation also imposes restrictions and requirements on public and private electronic systems providers to protect the rights of children, according to the Indonesian government. The Regulation of the Minister of Communication [...]
Canadian Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, received royal assent on Thursday. Following its passing, 28 domestic and international refugee and migrant rights groups released a joint statement that denounced the bill as an attack on refugee and migrant rights. Bill C-12 is a modified version of Bill C-2, which itself [...]
On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution from Ghana declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity. In total, 123 countries voted in favor and 52 abstained, including the entire European Union, Canada, Australia and Japan. Only three countries voted against the resolution: the United States, Israel and Argentina. [...]
Over 650 delegates, from over 33 countries and 120 organizations, arrived in Cuba on Saturday, bringing 20 tons of aid. The Nuestra América Convoy, named for the famous essay by Cuban nationalist José Marti, arrived in Havana to break the US embargo. Inspired by the Global Sumud Flotilla, which attempted to bring aid to Gaza [...]
Amnesty International on Friday said that FIFA’s refusal to take action against the Israeli Football Association (IFA) over the participation of clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) flouts international law. In October 2024 FIFA accepted a Palestinian Football Association (PFA) petition to investigate alleged human rights violations and discrimination [...]
The Toronto Al-Quds Day rally proceeded as planned on Saturday after the Ontario Superior Court rejected the Ontario attorney general’s request for an injunction against it. In his ruling, Judge Robert Centa held that: The right to assemble and speak freely must be maintained in times of global conflict. Perhaps at no other time is the [...]
UN experts on Friday raised the alarm after Israel issued an evacuation warning for more than 100 villages in Southern Lebanon and parts of Beirut. More than 700,000 people, including 200,000 children, have been forced to flee their homes under the threat of Israeli bombardment. The experts warned that forced displacement may amount to crimes [...]
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Saturday sentenced in absentia 47 leaders and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to 10 years imprisonment on terrorism charges. Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the Anti-Terrorism Court-1 in Rawalpindi sentenced the 47 on charges under 21-L of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997. [...]
A group of UN experts warned Friday that the genocide in Gaza is spilling into the West Bank as a wider war engulfs the region. The experts argued that Israeli policy is designed to coerce Palestinians to leave both territories. The report also covered occupied East Jerusalem, where between 2021 and 2025 there have been [...]
