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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday halted the execution of a man who would have been the first person in the United States put to death over a shaken baby syndrome diagnosis. Robert Leslie Roberson III was scheduled to be executed on Oct. 16 for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki. [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Thursday that Sudan’s military may have deployed chlorine gas during the ongoing armed conflict, based on the findings of an investigation conducted by French broadcaster France 24. The organization emphasized that if substantiated, use of the toxic gas by armed forces would constitute a war crime. The statement called [...]

The head of the Independent Institution for Missing Persons in Syria (IIMP), Karla Quintana, stated during a press conference on Wednesday that finding the thousands of Syrians who disappeared under the Assad regime requires a collective international effort. Quintana warned that time is running out, and locating the missing urgently requires the support of the [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday urged authorities in the United Arab Emirates to provide the reasons behind the detention of South Sudanese political commentator Samuel Peter Oyay, who has been outspoken on the issue of corruption and elitism in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. In commenting on the detainment, CPJ regional [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the killing of a journalist in Sudan’s besieged capital in a press release on Tuesday, urging the Sudanese authorities to investigate whether the attack was targeted. The CPJ stressed the heightening risks to journalists in Khartoum, who are “struggling to survive.” According to the CPJ, a drone strike [...]

Egyptian authorities have detained prominent independent journalist and researcher Ismail Iskandarani over Facebook posts critical of government policies, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. HRW reported that Iskandarani, known for his reporting on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and abuses by state security forces, was arrested on October 24, in Cairo after publishing a series of posts [...]

Human Rights Watch called on the Chinese government Tuesday to immediately drop all charges against US permanent resident Gao Zhen and allow him to return to the United States. Gao was arrested in August 2024 in Sanhe City, Hebei province, where he was visiting family, on the charge of “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs” through [...]

Amnesty International raised concern Wednesday over the disappearance of prominent government critic Humphrey Polepole, in light of a pattern of suspicious disappearances throughout the state. The group stated: “The Tanzanian government must put every effort into locating him and bringing him back to safety. They must hold his abductors accountable.” On October 6, Polepole’s residence [...]

Costa Rica’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal urged the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his immunity, allowing him to face accusations of political interference. The step comes two weeks after Chaves dodged a similar push from the Supreme Court to strip immunity for corruption.  The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), the country’s [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Tajikistan to either deny entry to Russian President Vladimir Putin or arrest him when he enters its territory. The statement came in response to announcements that Putin would visit Tajikistan from October 8 to 10 for a Russia-Central Asia summit and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Heads [...]