United Nations human rights experts on Thursday condemned the enforced disappearance of three children and an adult in Guinea, warning that the victims appear to have been targeted in retaliation against exiled activist and musician Elie Kamano. The experts called on Guinean authorities to immediately disclose the victims’ whereabouts, ensure their safety, and conduct an [...]

Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the European Commission to revise the text of its anti-deforestation regulation, scheduled for implementation by the end of 2026, after critics condemned the legislation for its potentially devastating exclusion of leather, a key driver of forest destruction. Commenting on the unforeseeable consequences that may arise due to the exclusion [...]

A Chinese military court on Thursday sentenced two former defense ministers to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, marking the heaviest penalties imposed on senior military officials since President Xi Jinping launched his anti-corruption campaign more than a decade ago. Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu were convicted in separate proceedings, according to a statement [...]

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday urged Tunisian authorities to halt their persecution of civil society organizations, journalists, human rights activists, and members of the judiciary, who have been subjected to criminal proceedings in retaliation for their outspoken criticism of government policies and the president’s consolidation of power. Türk criticized the growing trend [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on authorities in India to investigate a violent attack against two journalists while covering the Health Minister’s visit to the eastern state of Jharkhand and to ensure that all perpetrators are held accountable. The reported attack took place on April 28, when Indian journalists Ashish Kumar [...]

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) warned in a statement issued Tuesday that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia continue to face systemic racial discrimination within the country’s criminal justice system. The committee urged the state to intensify efforts to eliminate racial discrimination against Indigenous children, including the institutional [...]

Amnesty International stated on Tuesday that fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group active in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), committed numerous human rights abuses against civilians in the region that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The organization based its statement on its newly released report, which [...]

UN experts on Monday decried the ongoing attacks on Sudan’s hospitals and medical personnel, calling on the international community to take concrete action to protect the country’s collapsing health care system. The UN experts highlighted that systematic attacks on Sudan’s health care system have been ongoing. The attacks persist despite the unanimous adoption of resolution [...]

Swedish authorities arrested the Chinese captain of a suspected Russia-linked oil tanker on Monday on suspicion of using forged documents and violating maritime law in the Baltic Sea, according to local media. On Sunday, the Swedish Coast Guard stopped the Jin Hui, a 182-meter tanker, in Swedish territorial waters south of Trelleborg over suspicions it was [...]

Amnesty International released a report on Monday outlining the rising level of online hate speech towards women, visible minorities and the 2SLGBTQI+ community in Canada. The report details the increase of xenophobia, misogyny and racism in Canada. It also explains how these factors intersect with one another to create a “virulent cocktail” of hate mongering [...]