A UN expert on Sunday called for the reversal of the ban on women staff entering UN premises in Afghanistan, condemning the Taliban measures as a violation of UN principles of equality and human rights. According to Susan Ferguson, the UN Women Special Representative in Afghanistan, the ban on Afghan women staff and contractors entering [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to release news commentator Wong Kwok-ngon, to halt harassment of journalists, and to allow free coverage of the recent deadly apartment complex fire in Hong Kong. The CPJ reports that the national security police arrested columnist and commentator Wong on December [...]

A coalition of civil and human rights organizations is calling for the closure of a massive immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, Texas, alleging guards have beaten detainees and threatened violence, criminal charges and imprisonment in attempts to coerce even non-Mexican migrants into crossing the border into Mexico. The groups, including the ACLU and Human [...]

The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Friday, charging that it is using the news organization’s articles without permission in summaries for search requests made through its generative AI products. The artificial intelligence startup is the subject of numerous similar legal disputes from media companies, including The Chicago Tribune, Encyclopaedia Britannica [...]

President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, unveiled late Thursday, puts the Western Hemisphere at the center of US foreign policy and revives the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, appending it with a “Trump Corollary.” The document presents the Americas as the main line of defense for the US homeland and links that doctrine directly to [...]

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday urged interim Syrian authorities to increase efforts to address ongoing human rights concerns, citing “distressing accounts” of violations targeting minority groups and individuals allegedly affiliated with the former Bashar al-Assad government. This statement came ahead of the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime. OHCHR [...]

The Australian government on Saturday announced that it had imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four senior officials of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government, in an effort to curtail the regime’s humanitarian violations against women and girls in the country. In early December 2025, Australia unveiled the autonomous sanctions framework in response to the dire situation [...]

German parliament on Friday voted to pass a bill that would impose military conscription, following rising tensions between Russia and European Union (EU) states. With 323 votes in support  and 272 against, the bill introduces a two-stage conscription process. If voluntary service does not meet the set quotas, a need-based conscription can be activated by [...]

UN human rights experts on Friday called on Serbia to end attacks and intimidation against journalists, and urgently address what is described as a deteriorating environment for media freedom in the country. The experts warned that the pattern of harassment, smear campaigns, physical assaults, doxxing, and online threats has become “systemic,” placing Serbian journalists at [...]

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Friday that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in northern Mozambique over the past two weeks as armed groups intensify attacks. According to the OCHA, the total displaced in the last four months is now 330,000. The Office of the United [...]