Amnesty International released a report Tuesday documenting institutional gender-based violence against women human rights activists and journalists in Cuba, calling for an end to the practices. In its report, the rights organization covered incidents occurring between the years 2014 and 2025, finding that Cuban women were routinely subjected to practices such as invasive strip searches, [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday to guarantee the safety of journalist Michael Tenende, who has reportedly received repeated threats from a local mayor after publishing critical reporting on her administration. CPJ Africa director Angela Quintal emphasized the need for authorities to protect [...]

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a landmark case on Tuesday that Poland has an obligation to recognize the same-sex marriage concluded between two citizens in another EU Member State upon their return. The CJEU concluded in the Wojewoda Mazowiecki judgement that failing to recognize the marriage of a same-sex [...]

The Sport & Rights Alliance on Monday called for a comprehensive investigation into the recently uncovered allegations of systemic failures in Brazil’s premier football club that culminated in the deaths of 10 child athletes in a fire in 2019. Executive director of the Sport & Rights Alliance, Andrea Florence, criticized this new development, stating; Despite [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday initiating the process to designate chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt as “foreign terrorist organizations.” In justifying the order, Trump stated that “the military wing of the Lebanese chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood joined Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian factions to launch multiple [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the Nigerian authorities to take urgent measures to secure the release of victims of a recent mass school abduction. HRW denounced the mass abduction of hundreds of students and teachers in Nigeria’s northwest and central regions, describing them as deliberate attacks on education and fundamental rights. HRW’s Nigerian [...]

Spain’s Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz resigned on Monday after the country’s Supreme Court found him guilty of unlawfully disclosing confidential information. The Supreme Court issued its ruling last week in a 5-2 decision. The court banned García Ortiz from holding his post for two years, imposed a €7,300 fine, and ordered him to pay [...]

Hong Kong issued written notices to two organizations on Monday that the government has promulgated orders to prohibit their operation, citing “reasonable grounds” to believe that they aim to subvert state power. The organizations can make representations in their defense before the prohibitions take effect. In a statement, the Hong Kong Secretary for Security said [...]

The world’s governments approved a new climate deal at the COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil, adopting the so‑called Belém Package, a bundle of decisions that calls for tripling outlays to help vulnerable countries adapt to intensifying climate impacts. The closing plenary on Saturday saw nearly 200 parties endorse a political outcome that elevates adaptation and [...]

Slovenians on Sunday voted in a referendum against a new law legalizing euthanasia, following mounting pressure from critics of the law. Around 53 percent of voters rejected the law, while 47 percent voted in favour. This result means the parliament cannot vote again on a bill addressing the same issue within the next 12 months.   [...]