UN experts expressed concern on Tuesday about Indonesia’s continued disregard for the fundamental rights of its Indigenous peoples. They urged the Indonesian government to recognize Indigenous peoples and to work with them to develop an inclusive and sustainable national development strategy. Despite having voted in favor of adopting the UN Declaration on the Rights of [...]

The regional head of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned on Tuesday of Israeli settlers’ increasing violence against Palestinian farmers. The statement comes at the start of the critical olive harvest season. According to the OHCHR statement, 757 settler attacks took place in [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday highlighting the devastation caused by illegal cattle ranching in the Brazilian rainforest, and especially its impact on Indigenous peoples in the state of Pará. The organization called on the federal government to remove the cattle ranches and restore affected communities. It also urged JBS, the world’s largest [...]

Former FBI director James Comey was indicted on Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress following pressure from US President Donald Trump, who considers Comey one of his political rivals. An indictment is a formal charge brought by prosecutors and approved by a grand jury, which allows a case to proceed within the court system. A [...]

The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Thursday that demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, being the only member of the council to not support the ceasefire. The vote took place as the 15-member council convened for its 10,000th meeting, where the famine and possibility of genocide in Gaza were discussed. The [...]

Washington DC filed suit against the Trump administration on Thursday over the deployment of the National Guard in the city without consent from local leaders. The lawsuit accuses the president of violating the Constitution and federal law. DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed the suit in US District Court for the District of Columbia. The [...]

UN human rights experts condemned the enforced disappearances of Palestinians at aid distribution sites on Thursday, urging Israeli authorities to halt the targeting of the starving Palestinian population. The UN received reports citing several individuals, including one child, who have been forcibly disappeared while visiting food aid distribution centers run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called for the Myanmar military to stop the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Since the junta took over Myanmar in the 2021 coup, the recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged, especially after the junta enacted a mandatory conscription in February 2024. HRW Asia researcher Shayna Bauchner [...]

The US Supreme Court decided on Tuesday that immigrants who are offered voluntary departure have some deadline flexibility. The case, argued last November, concerned undocumented Mexican immigrant Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velázquez, who was ordered removed and allowed to self-deport. The court sided with Monsalvo Velázquez, ruling that his Saturday departure deadline should have been extended [...]

Lawyers representing Venezuelan immigrants threatened with deportation filed an emergency request to the Supreme Court on Monday to block the removals. The Trump administration was prepared to deport dozens of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador last Friday before the Supreme Court blocked the action. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called for the [...]