UN experts called for fairness and transparency on Monday during the murder trial for those accused of ordering the killing of Brazilian human rights defender Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. Experts noted that the trial was the “final chapter” in a fight for justice, after long delays prevented the conclusion of the investigation. [...]

British police arrested Peter Mandelson, former UK ambassador to the United States, on Monday on “suspicion of misconduct in public office” following allegations that he improperly shared sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein. Metropolitan Police said they arrested a 72-year-old man in Camden, North London, for questioning as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Officers [...]

A US federal court in Utah on Monday rejected a Republican challenge to enjoin use of the state’s new congressional map, holding that the challenge was unlikely to succeed and it was too close to the 2026 midterm elections to change the map. The new map, called Map 1, approved in December 2025, places a [...]

A US federal judge on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s motion to prohibit public release of prosecutorial findings in a dropped case against the president that involved classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. The court ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s continued work on the case functionally breached previous court orders, federal discovery rules, grand jury [...]

EU foreign ministers must use their February 23 meeting with Nikolai Mladenov, director-general of the Board of Peace (BOP) and “High Representative” for Gaza, to ensure that Palestinians’ rights are among the board’s highest priorities, Amnesty International urged in a statement Monday. “The ‘Board of Peace’ is a dangerous assault on international law, a mechanism [...]

Amnesty International on Monday protested the Hong Kong Court of Appeal decision to reject the appeals of the group of imprisoned activists known as the Hong Kong 47, calling it a “missed opportunity to start restoring justice.” The Hong Kong 47 are a group of prominent activists who were arrested during the 2020 pro-democracy protests and collectively [...]

Human Rights Watch, along with 17 rights organizations, on Monday published an open letter to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), urging it to renew and strengthen respective mandates for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus and the Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus.  [...]

In a statement Friday, at the conclusion of her visit to Ireland, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, Astrid Peuntes Riaño, said Ireland should consider human rights in all decisions to protect the environment. She stated that “advances in environmental protections are evident, though these may be lost [...]

Amnesty International stated that the India AI Impact Summit 2026 did not secure concrete commitments to halt “destructive practices” by governments and technology companies, warning that the gathering failed to address the human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence meaningfully.  The organization pointed to the continued problematic deployment of AI tools in contexts such as [...]

Belarusian prisoner of conscience and opposition politician Mikalai Statkevich was released from imprisonment on Friday after suffering a stroke in January. Following his release, Amnesty International reiterated the need for justice for victims of human rights violations in Belarus. Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe director, stated: “Releasing a prisoner of conscience after he has [...]