Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday that the European Union’s insufficient action regarding Rwanda’s support of the M23 rebels has exacerbated the violence and atrocities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On February 13, the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging the EU to freeze direct budget support to Rwanda until it ceases backing [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicated a retreat from support of voting rights cases since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, according to a Votebeat report released Monday. The report notes that the US solicitor general, the government’s top litigator, asked the Supreme Court last month to allow the federal government to participate in oral [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released a summary on Monday of inter-state cases alleging that Russia has breached the European Convention on Human Rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. There are four cases related to the conflict that are ongoing, which include accusations of human rights abuses in relation to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, claims [...]

Argentina’s political opposition on Saturday called for President Javier Milei to face an impeachment trial in the Chamber of Deputies over his promotion of a cryptocurrency which crashed shortly later. In a post on X, Milei had recommended a crypto coin named $LIBRA, which plummeted just a few hours later, prompting the president to delete [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ office issued a statement on Sunday welcoming the ongoing fulfillment of the ceasefire deal in Gaza, urging both parties to remain committed to its terms and emphasizing the importance of adhering to international humanitarian and human rights law. The statement came a day after the release of three Israeli hostages from Gaza [...]

Amnesty International condemned the Russian government on Sunday for its failure to answer questions about opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s death on the first anniversary of the anti-corruption activist’s demise. On February 16, 2024, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) reported that Nalvany lost consciousness in the yard of the penal colony where authorities had transferred [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that the Iranian government is systematically targeting the Azeri ethnic minority through the imposition of “abusive” charges and severe prison sentences aimed at silencing dissent. The crackdown has intensified since October 2024, with at least two dozen Azeri activists imprisoned following unfair trials, according to HRW. These activists [...]

A coalition of 31 human rights organizations issued a joint letter on Friday, urging the European Union (EU) to engage with Bahraini authorities to secure the release of Danish-Bahraini Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Swedish-Bahraini Sheikh Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad. For almost 14 years, both men have been arbitrarily detained, enduring torture and denial of medical care. According [...]

A US federal judge issued an order on Friday to halt the sweeping employee firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), delivering an early blow to President Donald Trump’s rapid push to dismantle the agency. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued the order barring the CFPB from axing more employees, beyond those let [...]

Tens of thousands of students on Saturday protested in the Serbian city of Kragujevac, demanding justice for the victims of the November 2024 railway disaster. The protest, which lasted 15 hours and marked the culmination of a four-day student march, was symbolically named “Let’s Meet at Sretenje.” Kragujevac was the first capital of the modern [...]