Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that US immigration authorities detained eight Nicaraguan exiles who were previously granted protected status in 2023 after fleeing political prosecution. On February 9 2023, the Nicaraguan government declared 222 political prisoners as “traitors” and expelled them to the United States, stripping 94 government dissenters and critics of their [...]

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Spain on Saturday, after lawmakers rejected proposed measures to protect citizens amid a housing crisis. The protests were sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman. Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her Madrid apartment on September 23, having lived there for 71 years. Her apartment was purchased [...]

The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday called for lasting solutions to Myanmar’s displacement and refugee crisis, warning that the outcome must enable refugees to return home with guarantees for a safe future. Senior UN officials underscored the importance of allowing Rohingya refugees to “return home safely and with dignity, while ensuring justice and accountability.” The Rohingya [...]

UK police confirmed the arrest of a far-right agitator on Thursday, on suspicion of destroying a migrant boat on the English Channel and endangering the safety of a French coastguard official. Daniel Thomas, also known as “Danny Tommo,” is an “anti-migrant activist” and associate of Tommy Robinson, the British “far-right and anti-Islam activist.”  On Tuesday, [...]

The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) brought charges against a Rwandan official on Tuesday in relation to crimes committed against the Tutsi during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Dr. Vincent Brown, formerly known as Dr. Vincent Bajinya, was the head of the Department of Family Health within Rwanda’s National Office of Population at the start of [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Venezuelan authorities to take a human-rights centered approach to its disaster response, in the aftermath of the June 2026 earthquakes. On 24 June 2026, Venezuela was struck by two earthquakes, resulting in the destruction of buildings and infrastructure in highly populated areas, including Caracas. The earthquakes exacerbated an already severe [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Thursday that escalating settler violence and aggressive settler expansion in the occupied West Bank is driving the displacement of Palestinians, with the organization attributing the rise of settler extremism to Israeli authorities. HRW conducted investigations over April and May 2026 in seven Palestinian West Bank communities. The organization expressed [...]

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Thursday that 2.1 million Palestinian civilians are in need of shelter, essential household items, and protection from airstrikes and gunfire. OCHA reported that Palestinian civilians are being “killed, injured or otherwise affected by air strikes, shelling and gunfire.” On Wednesday, a 13-year-old girl [...]

United Nations experts warned on Monday that the UK’s revisions to the Equality Act 2010 risk discriminating against and excluding transgender people. The UN human rights experts warned that the updated Code of Practice essentially advises service providers that “a women’s service must either exclude transgender women or admit men” and vice versa. The experts [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday warned that Russia’s latest attack on Kyiv, which utilized cluster munitions in a crowded residential area, may constitute a war crime under international law, citing the weapon’s indiscriminate nature. Commenting on the August 5 attack, HRW assistant Ukraine researcher Kseniya Kvitka stated: Russia has once again fired an inherently [...]