A Bangladeshi court has ordered law enforcement agencies to locate a fisherman last seen in Coast Guard custody, in what appears to be the country’s first enforced disappearance case since the 2024 uprising that toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged authorities Sunday to comply with the July 12 High Court [...]

The UN Human Rights Office stated on Wednesday that Sudan’s war economy is contributing to sustaining the ongoing armed conflict between Sudanese military forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), through the trade of various Sudanese commodities, including gum arabic, one of the country’s main exports. In addition to external military support and weapons supply, [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) employed excessive force against demonstrators protesting a proposed constitutional reform that could extend President Félix Tshisekedi’s term. HRW stated that security officials used batons and tear gas canisters against protesters to prevent a sit-in in front of [...]

UN experts on Wednesday condemned the sentencing of Pakistani human rights defender Mahrang Baloch to two terms of life imprisonment by a court in Quetta, describing it as a “travesty” of justice. The experts stated that Baloch’s conviction and life sentence represented a misuse of counter-terrorism laws that aimed to suppress human rights activism and [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that authorities in the Philippines continue to conduct extrajudicial killings, with no accountability, as part of the government’s anti-drug campaign. Ten years after then-President Rodrigo Duterte launched his brutal “war on drugs,” serious human rights violations remain ongoing. HRW  stated that police officers in the Philippines have continued to [...]

The UN on Monday welcomed the government of Sudan’s decision to keep the Adre border crossing with Chad open through September 30, though the organization warned of a rise in violence in the besieged city of El Obeid. The UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric commended the Sudanese government’s decision, highlighting that the Adre corridor remains critical [...]

Amnesty International called on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) authorities on Thursday to cease their support for the Collective of Movements for Change-People’s Defense Forces (CMC-FDP), an armed group said to be backed by the Congolese army, due to its involvement in human rights abuses that may amount to war crimes. Amnesty International’s [...]

A coalition of human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), issued a joint statement on Monday urging the government of Bangladesh to refrain from adopting the current version of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Bill, 2026, a draft law that replaces the National Human Rights Ordinance 2025. They recommended that authorities amend the [...]

UN human rights chief Volker Türk urged the government of Peru on Thursday to refrain from adopting a draft law that grants military jurisdictions the authority to investigate and prosecute possible human rights violations, calling on authorities to comply with international human rights standards. The Congress of Peru on June 13 gave initial approval to [...]

Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that the coastal community of Cedeño in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras, is experiencing a human rights crisis resulting from climate change impacts that threaten the population’s livelihoods. Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas director, said: “The heartbreaking situation facing the people of Cedeño today is the result of years of [...]