The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, United Nations officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing hospitals, critically malnourished children, and desperate civilians risking their lives to secure food for their families. In a situation update, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that civilians have repeatedly been killed while attempting [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned the conviction and 20-year prison sentence of the leader of Chad’s main opposition party, calling it a politically motivated trial. HRW criticized proceedings against Succès Masra, claiming they lacked fairness and transparency, and warned that the verdict reflects the government’s increasing use of the justice system to silence [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday expressed shock and sorrow over the death of Colombian senator and presidential pre‑candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay. Uribe Turbay, 39, a rising figure in the conservative Democratic Center party, was shot during a campaign rally at Bogotá’s El Golfito Park on June 7, struck twice in the head and once in the [...]

Human Rights Watch and the Middle East Democracy Center raised alarm on Monday over the increasing use of the death penalty without due process in Saudi Arabia this year, calling the practice a means to crush peaceful dissent. They highlighted the executions of Turki al-Jasser, Abdullah al-Shamri, Salman al-Odah, Muhammad al-Ghamdi, and the mass execution [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor on Monday called on the Chinese authorities to uphold the rights of human rights defenders who have been imprisoned. Lawlor said she was “disturbed” by the allegations that seven imprisoned human rights defenders in China were subject to torture, refused medical aid, and denied access to [...]

Five Al Jazeera staff correspondents are reported to have been killed late Sunday in a targeted Israeli strike on a press tent outside Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital. The reported strike killed journalists Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa. A freelance journalist, Mohammad al-Khaldi, was also killed, [...]

A Ugandan judge on Friday denied bail to opposition figure Kizza Besigye, jailed for nearly nine months on treason charges, ruling that the constitutionally mandated 180-day remand had not reached term. Justice Emmanuel Baguma held that the High Court recognized the remand period to be February 21, 202—the date Besigye and businessman Obeid Lutale were [...]

The UN Security Council voiced concerns on Sunday regarding the violence and attacks against civilians in Syria’s Sweida region. The Security Council adopted a presidential statement, document S/PRST/2025/6, asserting that the Council “strongly condemns the violence perpetrated against civilians…and calls on all parties to adhere to the ceasefire arrangement and to ensure the protection of [...]

On Thursday, the High Court division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court dismissed the case against photojournalist and social activist Dr. Shahidul Alam, filed in 2018 under the now-repealed Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The High Court bench, comprising Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Tamanna Rahman Khalidi, quashed the case, following [...]

A UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls has commended Zimbabwe for its constitutional commitment and legislative initiatives to advance gender equality, while urging stronger action to eliminate barriers that hinder the rights and opportunities of women and girls. The UN Working Group visited Zimbabwe and assessed progress and challenges in ensuring gender [...]