Human Rights Watch on Thursday asserted that the British Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s findings of severe issues with the Home Office’s management of the Windrush Compensation Scheme has “wider implications” for everyone seeking compensation. “The ombudsman’s decision illustrates once again that the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme is not fit for purpose and is [...]

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called for stronger and more effective commitments from world leaders convening at the United Nations General Assembly from September 22 to 30 in safeguarding the sanctity of the UN from the interference of external political power in its role of protecting human rights and promoting international justice. The interim executive [...]

South Sudan’s vice president, Riek Machar, was charged Thursday with murder, treason, and crimes against humanity. Justice Minister Geng Akech accused him of directing ethnic militias in deadly assaults on federal forces that left more than 250 soldiers dead. This case traces back to a March 2025 assault in Nasir, Upper Nile state, where the [...]

The UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls on Wednesday commended a legislative effort to repeal Brazil’s controversial Parental Alienation Law and to remove the contentious definition of “parental alienation” in Brazil’s Specialized Hearing Law. Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem said: “This initiative, led by a group of feminist congresswomen, is an important step [...]

Human Rights Watch on Monday denounced Cambodia’s National Assembly for approving amendments to the citizenship law that empower the government to strip or deny citizenship as a means of silencing critics, warning that the move could fuel politically motivated statelessness and deepen repression in the country. The new amendments empower the Cambodian government to strip [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the lack of accountability for the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in western Xinjiang region, noting that nearly three years have passed since a groundbreaking UN report detailed gross violations of international law against the ethnic group. In commenting on the sheer scale of crimes committed by state authorities [...]

UN human rights experts on Tuesday voiced alarm over a newly approved law in Peru that grants amnesty to security forces accused of committing serious violations of international law between 1980 and 2000—an action that activists denounce as a setback to the country’s commitment to accountability and justice. In commenting on the domino effect of [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned US authorities’ usage of Palantir and Babel Street Artificial Intelligence-powered surveillance tools to monitor immigrants and conduct indiscriminate targeting of non-citizens at pro-Palestinian protests occurring throughout the country. Upon reviewing documentation acquired from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) public records and previously disclosed procurement and privacy assessment documents, Amnesty [...]

A coalition of Rwanda-allied armed groups has committed a range of atrocities against civilians that violate international humanitarian law in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including gang rapes and summary executions, according to Amnesty International. In a Wednesday briefing entitled “DRC: ‘They said we would die’: M23 and Wazalendo abuses in eastern Congo,” [...]

The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry on Thursday reported that the wave of violent attacks that engulfed coastal and western-central Syria in March 2025 may constitute war crimes, and urged accountability to restore public confidence in the authorities. Evidence adduced in the report painted a harrowing picture of widespread massacres targeting Alawi communities, documenting crimes [...]