Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called upon the Jordanian government to immediately reverse a policy that mandates displacing a Bedouin community from the Petra area through forcible evictions. Human Rights Watch deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, Adam Coogle, stated: Jordan can’t claim to protect Petra’s living heritage while sidelining the community that [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) exposed alleged “degrading and dehumanizing” treatment of detainees in three Florida immigration detention facilities Monday, claiming detainees have suffered “dangerously substandard medical care, overcrowding, abusive treatment, and restrictions on access to legal and psychosocial support.” The report, titled “You Feel Like Your Life Is Over,” profiled six detainees held in Krome [...]

The Kenyan Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) reported on Sunday that the human rights activist Boniface Mwangi was arrested in his residence for “facilitating terrorist activities” allegedly committed during a youth-led protest on June 26. Mwangi, before his arrest, jointly filed a lawsuit in front of the East African Court of Justice against the Tanzanian, [...]

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) on Sunday called on the Syrian government to hold accountable those who attacked peaceful protesters in front of the country’s legislature in Damascus two days earlier. The protest had been convened to stop the escalating violence in the southern province of Suwayda, and to demand the protection of [...]

Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, called on the Irish government to move forward with the Occupied Territories bill, which would prohibit imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In support of the bill, Callamard stated: The bill would be a powerful, much-needed tool for international justice and must be [...]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) signed on Saturday a declaration of principles seeking to achieve peace and stability in the region. According to the Associated Press, the declaration of principles committed both the Congolese government and the Rwanda-backed rebels to sign a final peace [...]

Leila de Lima, a lawmaker with the Mamamayang Liberal Party and human rights activist, called for urgent measures to be taken to end the practice of red-tagging in the Philippines on Saturday.  De Lima has vowed to criminalize red-tagging in the upcoming 20th Congress of the Senate of the Philippines. Among the bills that she [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned a deadly Israeli artillery strike that damaged Gaza’s historic Holy Family Catholic Church on Thursday, calling the attack “unacceptable” and reiterating calls for an immediate ceasefire and the release of all hostages. The strike, which occurred on July 17, killed three civilians and injured several others, including parish priest [...]

Angolan police used excessive force and carried out arbitrary arrests during a peaceful protest in Luanda on July 12, Human Rights Watch alleged Friday. According to reports, officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets without justification, assaulted demonstrators, and detained 17 protesters, some of whom were released only after legal intervention. The demonstration, organized by [...]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday announced the revocation of US visas for eight of Brazil’s 11 Supreme Court justices, in what officials described as part of a broader effort to support former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently fighting prosecution for his alleged attempt to overturn the 2022 election. The announcement [...]