A coalition of human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), issued a joint statement on Monday urging the government of Bangladesh to refrain from adopting the current version of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Bill, 2026, a draft law that replaces the National Human Rights Ordinance 2025. They recommended that authorities amend the [...]

Keir Starmer announced his resignation as UK prime minister on Monday, setting in motion a leadership transition within the Labour Party and positioning newly sworn-in Prime Minister Andy Burnham as the leading contender to become the UK’s next head of government. Starmer’s announcement brought an end to weeks of speculation surrounding his political future. Labour [...]

A US federal judge found Monday that the Trump administration unlawfully created a centralized voter database containing American citizens’ private information. The database at issue was created after President Trump issued Executive Order 14248. Pursuant to the order, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) altered the existing Systematic Alien Verification [...]

The state of California filed a suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday over the federal government’s continued efforts to interfere with the state’s ability to enforce its own emission standards and anti-pollution regulations. Last week, the EPA submitted four preemption waivers, granted to California under the Clean Air Act, to Congress for [...]

Former South Korean Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday for his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s 2024 declaration of martial law, according to local media.  The Seoul Central District Court found Park guilty of insurrection under Article 87 of the Statutes of the Republic of Korea, and [...]

Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis is deepening as international assistance declines, five years into a conflict marked by serious human rights violations, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said in a report published Monday. The report found that reductions and suspensions in foreign funding are threatening the locally driven protection efforts that civil society organizations and local [...]

Burkina Faso’s authorities have failed to account for the whereabouts of journalist Atiana Serge Oulon two years after she was forcibly “disappeared” by state security forces, a coalition of rights groups said Monday, renewing demands for his immediate release. Oulon, who is the director of the newspaper L’Événement (The Event), known for his investigative reporting [...]

Members of the Zimbabwean Parliament (MPs) have passed a bill that would extend the presidential term from five to seven years, delaying the country’s 2028 election and allowing sitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in power until 2030. Text of the bill also shifts the power to elect a president from a direct popular vote [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Saturday expressed deep concern about the adoption of the new European Union regulation facilitating detention and deportation of migrants and asylum seekers. The so-called “Returns Regulation” was initially proposed in March of this year, and the EU parliament voted for its adoption on Wednesday. The new regulation [...]

A UN expert on Friday warned that the human rights landscape in Eritrea is continuing to deteriorate, as concerns grow regarding the ongoing use of enforced disappearances, indefinite military conscription, torture, and the government’s refusal to cooperate with international organizations to address these issues. In outlining the gravity of the human rights issues in the [...]