The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) concluded in a report released Friday that Bosnia and Herzegovina has made limited progress in implementing key anti-corruption recommendations. The report underscores that Bosnia and Herzegovina has fully implemented just two of 25 recommendations from GRECO’s Fifth Evaluation Round, with 15 partially implemented and eight [...]

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted a resolution on Thursday refusing to recognize the legitimacy of Georgia’s most recent election, calling on the international community to boycott the country’s authorities and ruling elite. The MEPs recognized former President Salome Zourabichvili as the legitimate president of the country. The resolution called on the European Council [...]

Liberian President Joseph Boakai announced more than 450 suspended top government officials on Thursday, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC). According to the presidency, the suspended officials will be put on unpaid leave for a month until they make the necessary declarations. Under Article 90(c) of [...]

The US foreign aid freeze imposed by President Donald Trump will threaten human rights in Myanmar, Amnesty International warned on Thursday. The group warned that the freeze may result in the loss of countless lives and devastating consequences. Following the foreign aid freeze and the stop-work order, Amnesty International observed that hospitals and refugee camps [...]

Twenty-three human rights organizations and individuals, including Amnesty International, raised concerns about sex-based violence on Thursday. The report, titled “Forms of Sex-Based Violence Against Women and Girls: New Frontiers and Emerging Issues,” comes after the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls called for input in the upcoming 59th session of the UN [...]

Kazakhstan’s parliament considered a “foreign agent” law proposal on Wednesday, with member of parliament Irina Smirnova arguing that there is a need for a law that clearly identifies and marks organizations that are financed by foreign sources. Smirnova claimed that foreign donors are masking their political interests under “media support,” “human rights protection” and the [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held unanimously on Thursday that Ukraine violated the right to respect for private life of three Ukrainian nationals and their lawyer by ordering unlawful surveillance measures. The court also determined that the authorities failed to comply with their obligation to provide the necessary resources for the case examination [...]

Amnesty International and the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights both released statements Tuesday condemning the Egyptian military’s trial of a group of civilian fishermen caught fishing during a “prohibited period” within a military area, highlighting unfair procedures and a lack of judicial independence in military trials. The actual trial of the fisherman was subject to [...]

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged Kazakhstan to drop allegedly politically motivated charges against satirical blogger Temirlan Ensebek, and encouraged the government to respect Ensebek’s freedom of expression. Temirlan Ensebek was charged with “inciting interethnic discord” under Article 174 of Kazakhstan’s Criminal Code and now faces up to seven years in prison. This is primarily [...]

Amnesty International called on Wednesday for Houthi de-facto authorities to investigate the death of a UN World Food Program (WFP) worker who was arbitrarily detained in a Houthi detention centre on January 23, 2025. Amnesty International’s Yemen Researcher Diala Haidar said, “This death in custody also heightens fears for the safety and well-being of all [...]