The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child stated on Thursday that children are facing extreme violations of rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The committee, established to help protect child rights in its signatory states, including the DRC, has expressed concern over violence, abduction and military recruitment of children in the [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the US government for systematically violating the right to seek asylum at the US-Mexico border, asserting that current policies violate both domestic and international human rights obligations. In its briefing titled “Lives in Limbo: Devastating Impacts of Trump’s Migration and Asylum Policies,” Amnesty International detailed how executive actions and increased [...]

The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas announced on Tuesday that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas sentenced former Guatemalan lawmaker Jose Armando Ubico Aguilar to 18 years in prison for international drug trafficking. US District Judge Michael Truncale rendered the verdict on February 11 after Ubico Aguilar pleaded [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined Tuesday to overturn a lower court’s injunction that blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order abrogating birthright citizenship. The rejection stated that the federal government had not made a “strong showing that they are likely to succeed on the merits,” as required by law. Circuit Judge [...]

The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, upheld the constitutionality of the state’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government on Tuesday, in an action brought by former governor Andrew Cuomo, whom the commission is investigating. Cuomo was involved in establishing an enforcement agency to implement the state’s ethics and lobbying laws [...]

Tunisian human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was released from prison after a ruling from the country’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday, AFP and Jeune Afrique reported. Despite the UN’s demand for her immediate and unconditional release on February 5, she is still under investigation for other charges.  The 75-year-old activist began a hunger strike in [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday issued a statement urging Poland to scrap a bill that would temporarily suspend asylum rights at its border with Belarus. Lydia Gall, a researcher at HRW, said that “Poland, which currently holds the EU presidency should lead by example and ensure that people fleeing war and persecution are given [...]

The Swedish Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that climate activist Greta Thunberg’s legal challenge against the state for insufficient climate action is inadmissible. According to the Supreme Court press release, the case was assessed in stages. The Supreme Court first analyzed the precedents provided by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The court also [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday called on the Egyptian government to release arbitrarily detained human rights activists currently awaiting “unlawful” prosecution. The charges brought against them include terrorism, disseminating false news, and involvement in anti-government protests. According to Amnesty International, Egyptian security forces “disappeared” around 59 people since December 2024 for posting and sharing social media [...]

The Trump administration abruptly cut off legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children on Tuesday, telling government-funded attorneys across the country they should immediately stop their work. The stop-work order effectively prevents immigrant children from having legal defense, leaving them to figure out how to navigate the American judicial system on their own. Immigrant Defenders Law [...]