A coalition of international human rights organizations on Friday called for the immediate release of Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, three years after his arrest by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA). Nearly three dozen rights groups, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists, said Mehraj’s continued detention is based on charges [...]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled Thursday that EU member states must update identity documents to reflect the gender identity of transgender citizens who have transitioned in another member state, finding that refusal to do so may violate the bloc’s guarantee of freedom of movement. The court said discrepancies between a [...]
South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announced Friday that the government has conditionally approved a request by Google to export globally 1:5,000 scale high-precision digital map data of the country’s national territory, resolving a policy dispute that has persisted since 2007, according to local media sources. The decision was issued by an [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday released a report warning that the rapid expansion of cyber-fraud compounds in Southeast Asia has resulted in widespread human rights abuses. The OHCHR described the phenomenon as a “wicked problem” requiring coordinated, human rights-based responses rather than enforcement-only crackdowns. According to the [...]
Austria’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Meta’s personalized advertising model practices violate EU data protection law, which requires a company to obtain consent with “clear and plain language,” about how one’s personal information is used—something Meta has failed to do. The court held that Meta cannot rely on “contractual necessity” under the General Data Protection [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Nicolas Levrat on Friday urged Nepal to effectively implement constitutional and legislative safeguards to end discrimination against minorities, especially singling out Dalits. Speaking in Kathmandu, Levrat acknowledged Nepal’s progressive legal framework but warned that persistent failures in enforcement, accountability and institutional inclusion continue to deny Dalits and other minorities [...]
UN-appointed investigators reported on Thursday that Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) has over the past decade carried out a pattern of killings, arbitrary detentions, torture, and sexual violence against protesters and political opponents of President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela entered 2025 under intensified international attention, after a wave of repression followed the July 2024 presidential election. [...]
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Friday that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in northern Mozambique over the past two weeks as armed groups intensify attacks. According to the OCHA, the total displaced in the last four months is now 330,000. The Office of the United [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Tanzanian government on Thursday to open an independent investigation into alleged killings, disappearances and repression carried out by security forces after the country’s disputed October 29 election, warning that “serious violations” of rights may amount to international crimes. Tensions had been building before the vote. Opposition leader Tundu Lissu [...]
European Union environment ministers approved a revised 2040 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target on Wednesday, after marathon negotiations that stretched into the early hours. The decision comes just ahead of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, on November 10, and establishes a legal framework linking the EU’s short- and long-term climate goals. [...]
