Greenland party leaders issued a joint statement Friday asserting that the autonomous territory rejects the US calls for acquisition. Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and four other party leaders stated: “We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders.” The world’s largest island, an autonomous territory under the [...]

An alarming rise in abductions, sexual violence, and attacks on civilians in South Sudan prompted renewed condemnation from the United Nations on Friday. Officials warned that the scale and persistence of these violations may amount to grave breaches of human rights. According to the quarterly brief released by the United Nations Mission to South Sudan [...]

In a Vatican speech on Friday, Pope Leo XIV voiced concern regarding the erosion of respect for human rights and what he termed the modern world’s “zeal for war.”  He emphasized that the fundamental prohibition against violating sovereign borders has been completely undermined, lamenting that “war is back in vogue, and a zeal for it [...]

An Istanbul court on Friday acquitted the president and executive board members of the Istanbul Bar Association (IBA) of terrorism-related charges. The ruling marks a significant development amid sustained criticism of Türkiye’s use of criminal law against lawyers and professional associations. The case arose from a public statement issued by the IBA in December 2024 [...]

A US diplomatic team arrived in Venezuela Friday, marking the first such visit since the US military operation that resulted in the capture of former President Nicolás Maduro last week. The Venezuelan government, now led by interim President Delcy Rodríguez, confirmed the delegation’s presence and announced the initiation of an “exploratory process” aimed at re-establishing [...]

A federal district court in New York issued a two-week temporary restraining order (TRO) on Friday, blocking a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold family assistance funds from five states. On Tuesday, the administration said that it would suspend payments to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York under three federal social programs because [...]

The Africa deputy director at Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday expressed concern over the arrest of well-known government critic Sarah Bireete in Uganda ahead of the country’s upcoming elections. Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz stated: “Sarah Bireete’s arrest is a demonstration of the Uganda government’s continuing intolerance of dissent. The Ugandan authorities should release Bireete, drop all [...]

The UN Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar urged the international community on Thursday to reject Myanmar’s current election, describing it as a “sham” that exposed the “coercion, violence, and exclusion” behind the polls. After the first round of voting, Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews said the polls failed to meet any [...]

Amnesty International, together with 13 civil society organizations, called on candidates in Benin’s upcoming legislative and presidential elections on Thursday to prioritize human rights protection within their political programs. The rights organization noted that the deteriorating human rights situation in Benin demands political action in order to align with international human rights standards. It also [...]

A US Customs and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman on Wednesday during continuing agency operations in the city. The next day, CNN reported that Minnesota officials told the news outlet that “the feds have blocked them from investigating the fatal ICE shooting” of Renee Nicole Good, 37-year-old mother and [...]