Burkina Faso’s military government has escalated a sweeping crackdown on civil society through restrictive legislation, administrative pressure, and punitive measures targeting both domestic and international organizations, according to a joint statement released by multiple rights groups Monday. Groups reported that authorities have increasingly relied on legal and administrative tools to restrict operations of civil society [...]

Amnesty International warned in its annual report Monday that human rights around the world are under severe attack, creating “a global environment where primitive ferocity could flourish.” In the report, entitled “The State of the World’s Human Rights,” Amnesty noted that in 2025, authoritarian practices intensified worldwide. Anti-rights rhetoric and discrimination against disadvantaged groups continue [...]

Two Palestinian water delivery truck drivers were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip on Friday, prompting aid groups to halt activities in the area. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that the attack threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean water to hundreds of thousands of people. Early Friday morning, two men were killed [...]

Peruvian presidential candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga of the ultra-conservative Renovacion Popular party alleged fraud on Sunday regarding the country’s April 12 general elections and demanded the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) annul the results. This is despite presenting no evidence to support his claims and contradicting the findings of both domestic and international election observers. [...]

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday expressed concern regarding the human cost associated with the resumption of the armed conflict in the country, following the discovery of human remains in Jonglei State during road works. The chair of the UN Commission, Yasmin Sooka, said: The discovery of human remains in a [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several other human rights organizations on Thursday issued a joint statement urging the government of the Republic of Maldives to withdraw plans to end its death penalty moratorium and introduce capital punishment for drug-related crimes. HRW warned that the Maldives’ recent proposal would violate its obligations under international law, including [...]

Amnesty International called for the immediate withdrawal of India’s proposed digital media amendments on Thursday, warning that the new rules would grant the government “abusive powers” to censor and monitor ordinary citizens online. The human rights organization submitted a detailed legal analysis to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), arguing that the draft [...]

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) released on Thursday a new Artificial Intelligence-assisted platform, HungerMap Live, designed to monitor global famine crises and provide an advanced warning system to help prevent and combat hunger. HungerMap Live is regarded as the first evidence-based warning system that alerts the world about emerging hunger conditions in advance, providing [...]

On Tuesday, Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, spoke at the fifth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, where he described reparations as “key to dismantling systemic racism.” Türk called for member states to adopt and enforce anti-racism laws, policies and practices; include young people of African descent [...]

A group of UN independent experts on Wednesday denounced the assassination of human rights advocate Zweli “Khabazela” Mkhize, and urged South Africa to hold perpetrators accountable. The experts, referred to as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, stated: We urge South Africa to ensure a prompt, effective, impartial and thorough investigation into the [...]