Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday declared that the proposed Public System of Care, a new care and support system bill submitted by the Mexico City government, does not guarantee the rights and autonomy of people with disabilities and elderly people. Although the draft bill aims to address inequalities in caregiving, it overlooks elements critical [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday urged Nigerien authorities to release three journalists held in pre-trial detention for alleged cybercrimes and accused the government of using cybercrime laws to chill free speech. Moussa Ngom, CPJ’s Francophone Africa representative, condemned the state action and argued that using “cybercrime laws for meaningless accusations provides further [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Columbia Law School’s Prevention of Crimes Against Humanity Project on Monday released a report promoting the adoption of a treaty on crimes against humanity, to ensure effective prosecution of the most serious crimes. According to HRW, “momentum builds” for the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity. [...]

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday warned that the reinstation of the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan would breach international law obligations. Türk declared that the proposals to reintroduce the death penalty as a response to serious crimes should be discontinued. Kyrgyzstan should focus on “ensuring the effective protection of the law and adequate [...]

French prosecutors on Sunday announced the opening of a “war crimes” investigation following the death of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican in southeastern Ukraine, according to the state-owned network France 24. The anti-terror prosecutor (PNAT) declared that the investigation was assigned to the Central Office for the Fight against Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes. “War [...]

Syrian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the ousted president, Bashar al-Assad, a judge announced on Saturday. In a statement to the state-run news agency SANA (affiliated with Syria’s Ministry of Information), the investigating judge said that the charges concern 2011 repression in Daraa, and include “premeditated murder, torture leading to death, and deprivation [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday announced that the trial of 13 law enforcement officers accused of torture and involvement in death in custody is an opportunity for justice over rights abuses in Türkiye. An indictment was issued on February 20, charging “13 members of the gendarmerie of various ranks” with “torture resulting in Ahmet [...]

Amnesty International on Monday released a report finding that X (formerly Twitter) allowed for the spread of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV) against LGBTQ+ people in Poland. The report charges that Elon Musk relaxed X’s Community Guidelines regarding the content allowed on the platform after taking ownership. Consequently, X has become “awash with content constituting TfGBV,” [...]

UN human rights experts expressed deep concern on Thursday over continuing violence against the Druze population in the Sweida region of Syria. Since the outbreak of fighting in mid-July, the UN experts said they have received reports of “killings, enforced disappearances, abductions, looting, destruction of property, and sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls.” [...]

Amnesty International on Monday issued a statement condemning proposed changes to the Civil Society Organization (CSO) law in Ethiopia, urging that the draft amendment should not enter into force. Amnesty International stated that the approval of the draft amendments would “move the country towards a total closure of civic space.” The Organizations of Civil Societies [...]