Civilians in Sumy City, Ukraine, are being killed and injured by “increased unlawful attacks” from Russia involving Grad rockets, Amnesty International reported on Tuesday. Amnesty International called for any attacks using Grad rockets to be “investigated as war crimes” due to their inaccurate nature. Russia struck Sumy City on June 3, killing “at least seven [...]

Amnesty International expressed concern Tuesday over the recurrent drone strikes conducted by Pakistan’s military, which have caused unlawful loss of civilian lives. The rights group stated that strikes in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have resulted in the deaths of 17 people this year, urging authorities to investigate these incidents and hold those responsible accountable. [...]

UK Secretary of State Yvette Cooper announced on Monday that the British government will categorize activist group Palestine Action as a “terrorist organization” under the provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000, in reaction to the group’s damaging of military planes on a British base on Friday. If Parliament approves the proscription order, which is expected [...]

A UN expert reported Tuesday to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that organized criminal activity has displaced at least 1.2 million people globally in 2024, creating a neglected humanitarian crisis with profound legal implications. Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Paula Gaviria Betancur outlined how organized crime, which includes trafficking, extortion, [...]

Engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham returned home to South Africa on Sunday after serving more than two years in prison in Equatorial Guinea on seemingly arbitrary drug trafficking charges, according to a 2024 conclusion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Potgieter and Huxham were released from prison by a presidential pardon granted [...]

The UN secretary-general condemned on Sunday an attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) that killed a Zambian peacekeeper and wounded another. António Guterres voiced concern over the targeting of UN peacekeepers in the CAR. In a statement, Guterres called on the Central African authorities “to spare no effort in [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sounded the alarm on Friday over escalating violence across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, warning of catastrophic consequences for civilians. His statement came in light of the intensifying hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Türk expressed grave concern over [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and over 110 organizations and trade unions on Friday called on the EU to immediately suspend its trade agreement with Israel, citing the latter’s ongoing atrocities against Palestinians. The joint statement emphasized that such action is overdue in holding Israel accountable for systematic abuses, including alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity, [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave alarm on Saturday following the US’s recent airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, warning of an escalating cycle of violence that could further destabilize the Middle East. Guterres urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint and return to diplomatic dialogue to avoid a broader regional conflict. “At this perilous [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said that the bodies of three Israeli hostages were recovered from Gaza. Netanyahu stated that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet, the country’s internal security agency, managed to successfully bring back the bodies of Yonatan Samarno, Sergeant Shai Levinson and Ofra Keder. According to the IDF, [...]