UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday warned of a deteriorating rights situation in Mali amid a growing atmosphere of repression. The high commissioner urged the military junta to promptly rescind legal changes that have “slammed the door shut” on a return to democratic rule, and called for the immediate and unconditional [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on modern slavery released a statement on Friday protesting that forms of modern slavery continue to exist in Brazil, including the exploitation of children and domestic workers, Indigenous, African, and Quilombola peoples, sex workers, migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Expert Tomoya Obokata made the announcement to conclude his visit to Brazil. [...]

The 25th of June 2024 will forever be remembered in Kenyan history as the heroic day when Kenyan youth demonstrated and breached the country’s parliament buildings with in frustration at the members of the parliament who had acceded to the passing of the finance bill of 2024, a punitive bill which, if assented to law, [...]

The Second Court of Appeal of St. Petersburg on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Ivan Zabavsky, a Ukrainian who was convicted on a charge of espionage. The court rejected the appeal during a closed-door trial, where journalists and listeners were not allowed to be present. Ivan had been sentenced to 11 years in prison in [...]

Kenyan youth held demonstrations in the streets of Nairobi on Thursday, protesting against police brutality, extrajudicial killings, and Kenya’s anticipated 2025-2026 budget release. Demonstrations were fueled by the death of Albert Ojwang, a 31-year-old teacher and prominent social media commentator who was found dead in police custody late last week. The agitation of Kenyan youth stems [...]

Amnesty International, in conjunction with numerous nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), released a statement Monday calling for Egyptian authorities to immediately set free lawyer and activist Ibrahim Metwally after nearly seven years in pre-trial detention. The statement recounted the series of injustices that have befallen Metwally since his arrest. NGOs claimed Metwally has been tortured, mistreated by [...]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Somalia repatriated 145 of its citizens from the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Sebha back to their homes in Mogadishu and Hargeisa on Monday. The government of Somalia, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the EU Migrant Protection, Return & Reintegration authority for North Africa, [...]

China labor activist Wang Jianbing was released from prison on Tuesday after serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence. Wang was convicted in 2021 after being found guilty of “inciting subversion of state power,” which is an offense under Article 105 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China. Wang was arrested and tried [...]

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of Sudan signed a charter Saturday with allied political and armed groups to form a “government of peace and unity.” The signing took place during an event held at the Kenya International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Among the those who were signatories to the charter were the RSF [...]

Sudan paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday ambushed and attacked White Nile state villages including Al-Kadaris and Al-Khalwat, leaving hundreds of civilian dead. The news was announced in a statement by Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese group of legal practitioners dedicated to providing urgent legal support and addressing human rights violations in Sudan. Emergency [...]