The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has highlighted the ongoing deterioration of human rights in Russia, in a report published on Tuesday. The report accused the Russian government of engaging in “systematic human rights abuses” as part of a “government strategy to control all spheres of life, both public and private, and to suppress dissent [...]

The US Senate blocked two separate in vitro fertilization (IVF) bills Tuesday — the Right to IVF Act, sponsored by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and the IVF Protection Act, sponsored by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Katie Britt (R-AL). The Right to IVF Act was voted down in a 51-44 vote which needed a minimum [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that Islamist groups in Burkina Faso have intensified their attacks on civilians, resulting in a surge of violence and fatalities amid the ongoing conflict between these groups and the Burkinabe government. According to HRW, over 6,000 deaths as a result of the conflict have been documented in the first [...]

The student union at Montreal’s McGill University announced Monday that its Board of Directors made a split decision to revoke the club status of the pro-Palestinian group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) after sustained pressure from the university administration and threats of funding cuts. In a July 10 letter sent to Dymetri Taylor, president [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the Lesotho government to investigate allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed during the Lesotho Defence Forces’ (LDF) campaign to confiscate illegal firearms from gang members, dubbed Operation Hard Fist. The operation was launched earlier this year in response to escalating violent crime in Lesotho, and the proliferation of illegal [...]

The Supreme Court of India directed Wikipedia on Tuesday to immediately remove the name and photograph of the victim involved in the RG Kar Medical College Hospital rape and murder case. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, passed this order during the suo [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday issued a statement urging Indian authorities to end the ongoing repression of dissent in Jammu and Kashmir. Wednesday marks the first day of region-level elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the first which have been held in 10 years. The election is to be held across three phases, where the last phase [...]

The Parliament of Georgia passed a set of laws that place restrictions targeted at minority sexual orientations and gender identities on Tuesday, infringing upon the international human, civil, and political rights of the LGBTQ+ community. The legislation, labelled “Laws on Family Values and Protection of Minors,” is broad and includes restrictions relating to “marriage, adoption, [...]

Pressure builds on the Bangladesh interim government as Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called for an “election roadmap” at a rally on Tuesday, marking the International Day of Democracy. Addressing thousands of protestors outside of BNP’s headquarters in the capital of Dhaka, Rahman said: “The reform programmes need to be carried forward [...]

A coalition of women and human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Front Line Defenders, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network and the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition, urged Iranian authorities on Tuesday to release imprisoned women human rights defenders and to protect women’s rights in Iran. The organizations called on Iranian authorities to abolish [...]