Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned both the January attack by the US military on Venezuela and the abuses long committed by the ousted Maduro government. On January 3, the Trump administration announced that it had conducted a raid on Venezuela, resulting in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.  US President [...]

UN peacekeepers were forced to temporarily suspend their patrols along the Israel-Lebanon Blue Line on Sunday in response to the Israeli military releasing what they referred to as a “chemical substance.” The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that they were told by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)  that the IDF would be [...]

The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Geneva Academy) published a report on Monday that detailed numerous serious human rights violations and war crimes between July 2024 and December 2025 across 23 armed conflicts, and emphasized increased risks posed to journalists and aid workers in conflict zones. The report, titled “War Watch,” [...]

Spain’s Prime Minister on Tuesday announced plans to prohibit minors from accessing social media, as part of regulatory measures to address online safety concerns. The announcement came at the World Governments Summit hosted in Dubai. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez opened the forum by stating that social media and digital platforms have become an environment where [...]

French prosecutors conducted search operations at the offices of social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in Paris on Tuesday, investigating suspected algorithmic abuse and a wide range of other cyber offenses allegedly committed by the platform and its executives. The Prosecutor’s Office of Paris stated that these operations were part of a broader investigation into [...]

The Law Society of British Columbia warned Monday that the provincial government’s intention to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) may erode judicial independence and improperly constrain the power of the courts. The proposed amendment would limit the role of the judiciary in matters related to DRIPA’s implementation. In the [...]

The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) on Monday called for an independent investigation into the alleged use of excessive force by Canadian police against a Black defense lawyer. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Bar Association issued a similar appeal last Thursday. On January 23, Sudine Riley, a lawyer who is a Black woman, [...]

Doctors without Borders (MSF) on Monday denounced the blocking of humanitarian access to opposition-held areas by the government of South Sudan, warning of harm afflicting vulnerable populations, including children, pregnant women and patients with chronic or critical conditions. In a statement, the group warned that at least 23 patients are currently in critical condition and [...]

Eswatini’s education minister has publicly opposed protections for LGBTQ+ students in schools, drawing condemnation from Amnesty International, which says the remarks conflict with the country’s constitutional and international human rights obligations. Minister Owen Nxumalo publicly rejected calls to recognize or protect LGBTQ+ students in schools, asserting that such recognition would conflict with Eswatini’s cultural values. [...]

The Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China announced a group execution Thursday that brought a landmark cross-border crime case to a close. The 11 ringleaders from the northern Myanmar Ming family criminal syndicate and its affiliated fraud groups have been executed. The 11 people executed had committed grave crimes against Chinese citizens, [...]