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 [...]

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Thursday that, for the first time in a decade, global forced displacement decreased in 2025. However, the figures remain significantly high, as millions of people continue to endure prolonged exile and face dire humanitarian conditions without prospects for rebuilding their lives. According to a report ordered by High [...]

The UN climate chief, Simon Stiell, called on countries Monday to take urgent steps to implement their commitments to mitigate climate change and accelerate the energy transition. His comments came during the opening of the UN Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany. In his speech, Stiell emphasized that the climate crisis is the most urgent challenge [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Indonesia to rescind its newly implemented policies to fight street crime, citing concerns that these measures would result in excessive use of force by security forces. The controversial security measures include a shoot-on-sight policy and the joint deployment of military troops with police to counter the rise [...]

The UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), Aristide Nononsi, expressed concern Monday about the persistent violence in the country, and its impacts on rights and humanitarian needs. Reporting on his visit to the CAR, Nononsi noted that despite the peaceful electoral process that took place in December, [...]

Thailand’s Criminal Court on Thursday acquitted political figure and founder of the Progressive Movement Party Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit of charges of defaming the monarchy, arising from comments he had made in 2021 criticizing the government’s procurement of the COVID-19 vaccine. The court ruled that Juangroongruangkit’s criticisms were directed at then-Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s management of vaccine [...]

Amnesty International reported on Thursday that tech companies have used unlawful web scraping to collect large volumes of online data for the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, in violation of the right to privacy and other human rights standards. The organization called for the prohibition of such data collection systems and urged governments [...]