A coalition of 15 rights groups, including Amnesty International, Article 19 and Politics for Women Myanmar, released a joint public statement on Tuesday, expressing concern over reports of an ever-worsening human rights crisis in Myanmar prisons. The letter condemned the military regime for its widespread use of torture and the systematic denial of healthcare to [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday condemned the arrest of Yemeni journalist Abduljabar Bajabeer after his July 28 arrest in the Hadramout governorate. The CPJ called for Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government (IRG) to release Bajabeer and cease intimidation against journalists. The CPJ’s chief programs officer, Carlos Martinez de la Serna, called the arrest [...]

The Arakan Army, an armed group operating in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, has implemented repressive policies targeting the Rohingya minority, in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Monday. In its statement, the humanitarian organization described life for the Rohingya under the rule of the Arakan Army as “harsh and restrictive.” “The [...]

On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on two commercial cargo ships in the Red Sea between July 6 and July 9. HRW characterized the attacks as violations of the laws of war amounting to war crimes, and called for their immediate cessation. “It is critical for concerned governments [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published a report on Monday assessing the state of public media across 27 EU member states, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. The report warns of future threat scenarios for independent public media broadcasting as the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) is set to fully come into force on August 8. “Public media must [...]

Amnesty International called for Pakistan to release high-profile Baloch activists on Tuesday, condemning the arbitrary detention of the protesters. A letter to authorities called for the release of Mahrang Baloch, Bebarg Zehri, Beebow Maloch, Shah Jee Sibghat Ullah, Ghaffar Qambarani and Gulzadi Baloch, who Amnesty International says have been targeted as part of a larger [...]

Amnesty International’s director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, called on parties to Sudan’s armed conflict to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches the most vulnerable populations as the rainy season threatens to exacerbate disease and hunger. In Sudan, more than 11 million people have fled their homes due to armed conflict between the Rapid Support [...]

On Wednesday, Amnesty International urged Syria’s transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, to ensure the publication of all the findings of a fact-finding committee’s investigation into the targeted killings of members of Syria’s Alawite minority. Amnesty International’s deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Kirstine Beckerle, said: “Survivors and the families of victims have [...]

Amnesty International on Monday condemned a surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, expressing particular concern for capital punishment used in cases of drug-related offenses and the difficulty of foreign nationals in accessing a fair trial. “Saudi Arabia’s relentless and ruthless use of the death penalty after grossly unfair trials not only demonstrates [...]

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced on Tuesday that the recent killing of Palestinians trying to receive food from aid hubs may constitute a war crime, warning of a policy of “weaponized hunger” in the Gaza Strip. Jonathan Whittall, the head of the United Nations Office for the [...]