Representatives from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda on Wednesday agreed to a series of coordinated steps to de-escalate tensions and advance progress towards peace in the region, according to a joint statement released by the US State Department. The agreement comes amid an ongoing conflict in eastern DRC, with fighting between [...]
Amnesty International cautioned in a report on Wednesday that there has been a “chilling effect” on the right to freedom of expression in Austria due to the authorities’ harsh response to activism by protestors and civil rights organizations “expressing solidarity” with Palestinians. The report maintains that undue restrictions on expression and “fear caused by broad [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Thursday for a Tanzanian government commission to investigate the crackdowns on protests surrounding the 2025 elections where security forces reportedly killed or injured both protestors and bystanders. HRW urged the established Commission of Inquiry to investigate the atrocities to “deliver justice for the victims and accountability and ensure that [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Hungarian authorities on Friday to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he enters Hungarian territory. He is expected to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Hungary on March 21. This arrest would comply with the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued for Netanyahu on November 1, [...]
A US federal district judge said in a hearing on Thursday that he would bar Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) from enforcing a declaration issued last December that condemned “sex-rejecting procedures” on children and adolescents. Judge Mustafa Kasubhai of the US District Court for the District of Oregon stated that he would grant [...]
The United States was the lone nation to vote against the Agreed Conclusions by the UN Commission on the State of Women (CSW) that were officially adopted Thursday. The US took issue with language in the document related to abortion rights, artificial intelligence regulation and what the White House called “gender ideology,” offering draft amendments [...]
UN human rights experts on Wednesday expressed concern over the Peruvian Constitutional Court’s decision ordering the release of former military officer Daniel Urresti Elera, who was convicted of the 1988 murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos in the context of Peru’s internal war and crimes against humanity. The experts stated that applying domestic limitation periods to [...]
Local media in Minnesota reported Wednesday that an immigration judge ended the asylum claims of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, ordering their removal from the US. The Columbia Heights Public School District, where the boy attended school, lamented the decision, stating: The announcement…is heartbreaking. We understand that this decision will be appealed and remain [...]
UN officials spoke at a Security Council meeting on Wednesday, calling for the international community to increase support for Syrian social and political progress amid war in the Middle East. Deputy special envoy for Syria, Claudio Cordone; UN humanitarian affairs official, Joyce Msuya; and good-will ambassador and Syrian Olympic athlete, Yusra Mardini, warned how current violence [...]
Amnesty International on Monday urged tech company Meta to address concerns over harmful online content on Facebook, citing risk of sectarian tensions, discrimination and violence against minority communities in Bangladesh. The rights group described a troubling rise in “misleading and inflammatory content spread in relation to political parties and minority communities.” Alia Al Ghussain, Amnesty [...]
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