The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk on Thursday condemned the growing crackdown on fundamental freedoms in Uganda, raising concerns about the gradual erosion of the rule of law in the country and increasing military involvement in civilian institutions, which contribute to the shrinking of civic space. In commenting on the current state [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday raised alarm after Nicaragua’s announcement of a constitutional reform initiative that threatens to erase the country’s remaining democratic safeguards, a move that comes as authorities seek to extend presidential terms and permanently bar opponents from elections, effectively dismantling citizens’ rights to participate in public affairs under international law. President Daniel Ortega [...]

A mass border breach at Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Friday has left at least 34 people dead after an estimated 60,000 attempted to cross into the territory, sparking what officials describe as a deepening border crisis. In response to the recent situation, Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sánchez condemned the crossings as a [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres made a statement Wednesday calling for fresh talks to help rebuild trust between Cyprus island’s two divided communities, in a move to resolve the decades-long tension and find a sustainable political solution. Guterres explained the role of the UN, as well as the significance of a peaceful resolution to the lengthy [...]

UN human rights experts on Wednesday raised alarm over reports of torture, enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention of members of Iran’s Bahá’í religious minority amid the ongoing US-Iran war. The UN experts say that approximately 57 Bahá’ís are currently detained or imprisoned in Iran. They report allegations of arbitrary and incommunicado detention, physical and psychological [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called for the immediate release of a social media commentator who was sentenced to six years of imprisonment for criticizing the Vietnamese government, stating that her conviction is a violation to the right to freedom of expression. In January, blogger Hoang Thi Hong Thai was arrested after she made [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday ruled unanimously that a partial privative clause cannot bar judicial review on questions of fact and law. It held that judicial review on such questions is the courts’ “core supervisory jurisdiction” guaranteed by the Constitution. Chief Justice Richard Wagner, writing for the bench, held that Canada’s Constitution Act, [...]

Amnesty International urged authorities in Ecuador on Wednesday to implement a court ruling mandating the elimination of oil industry gas flares near populated areas in the Amazon and the provision of reparations to affected communities. The organization stated that while five years have passed since the ruling was issued, Ecuadorian authorities have failed to implement [...]

United Nations experts on Tuesday warned that 20 years after the Probo Koala toxic waste disaster in Côte d’Ivoire, thousands of victims still remain without justice, compensation, or effective remedies, highlighting what they call “environmental racism” and corporate impunity. In August 2006, the MV Probo Koala, chartered by commodity trading company Trafigura, offloaded toxic waste [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Shell plc to answer for decades of pollution in the Niger Delta following release of a report detailing how Shell oil pollution has damaged water, farmland, fisheries, health and livelihoods, while the company continued to profit and deny responsibility. The report, titled “Nigeria: Lifting the Lid: Internal documents expose [...]