The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a special report Thursday containing Palestinian journalists’ first-hand accounts of torture in Israeli prisons. The stories come from 59 testimonies of released journalists. Forty-eight of them were never charged with a crime, but detained under Israeli policies allowing six-month detentions without charge, renewable indefinitely. Others were charged with [...]
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) and the UN Support Mission in Libya published a report on Tuesday detailing the systematic human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Libya. The report homed in on four human rights challenges that these individuals tend to face: (1) illegal and dangerous interceptions [...]
The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said on Thursday that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)’s mass killings and related atrocities committed during the October 2025 takeover of El Fasher region in Sudan showed “hallmarks of genocide” against Sudanese ethnic communities. The Mission urged an immediate intervention to ensure the protection of civilians [...]
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office as part of an investigation linked to disclosures in the recently released Epstein files, UK media reported. The Thames Valley Police released a statement confirming that a man in his 60s was taken into custody on suspicion of misconduct in [...]
More than 80 rights groups and individuals jointly called on British Columbia (BC) to recommit to implementing Indigenous rights on Wednesday. In the statement, the groups urged the government not to amend the provincial Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) and the Interpretation Act, so as to preserve the reconciliation efforts that [...]
President Bernardo Arévalo ended the nationwide state of siege in Guatemala on Monday, while maintaining joint military and police operations to combat organized crime and gangs. The move comes after a 30-day emergency period imposed in response to deadly prison riots and attacks that left 11 National Civil Police officers dead. In a nationally broadcast [...]
UN experts on Wednesday expressed their disapproval of the National Police of the Irish Republic’s (Gardaí) acquisition and use of less-lethal weapons such as “double-strength pepper spray” and tasers for crowd control. Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Gina Romero, and Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, [...]
A US judge ruled Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as the time period for his removal period has expired and further detention would violate due process. Judge Paul Xinis for the US District Court of Maryland found that the government has a limited time period to detain someone [...]
The Congress of Peru on Tuesday approved seven motions of censure against the President of Congress and Interim President of the Republic of Peru, José Jerí, over alleged corruption charges. During a plenary session, 75 members of Congress voted in favor of removing José Jerí from office, with 24 opposing and three abstentions. The approved impeachment [...]
A French appeals court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to enforce compensation for Nicaraguan banana plantation workers harmed by pesticides. The Paris appeals court released a judgment stating that “the sums awarded to each claimant… are manifestly disproportionate.” This confirmed the court of first instance’s previous decision. The case was first brought by workers from [...]
