A coalition of rights organizations on Wednesday issued a joint statement urging the Maldives to reconsider proposed legislative amendments that would reinstate the death penalty for drug trafficking, citing concerns that the punishment is archaic, inhumane, and runs contrary to international human rights standards. The nine organizations expressed alarm after Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, President of [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday criticized the Nigerian government’s failure to address the security crisis in the South-East region, which led to the deaths of 1,844 people between January 2021 and June 2023, along with numerous reported human rights violations against citizens. Isa Sanusi, the director of Amnesty International Nigeria, stated: No one knows exactly how [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the Israeli government’s announcement of its intention to expand its military ground offensive in Gaza, calling for a permanent ceasefire and a UN-backed international coalition to help stabilize the region and support Palestinian governance. In a statement, France criticized the expansion of Israeli military occupation of North Gaza as “rash [...]

The Spanish government ordered the town of Jumilla to drop its ban on religious gatherings in public sports centers on Monday, asserting that the measure disproportionately affects the town’s Muslim community, which has long used the facilities to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The government gave the town’s council one month to formally respond [...]

The UK High Court of Justice on Monday dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation’s legal challenge to aspects of the new Online Safety Act (OSA), ruling that the organization failed to establish sufficient grounds to bring the case. The court dismissed the claim on the basis that Wikimedia failed to demonstrate how legislative and administrative decisions to [...]

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 [...]