Amnesty International on Thursday raised concern over existing barriers to abortion access compounded by alarming attempts to roll back reproductive rights in Europe. The warning came in a comprehensive new report, “When rights aren’t real for all: The struggle for abortion access in Europe,” which analyzed abortion care and access in 40 countries. The document [...]
The French government on Wednesday launched formal proceedings to suspend access to the online platform of fast-fashion retailer Shein, following public outcry over the discovery of sex dolls with childlike features listed on its website. The move comes amid heightened scrutiny of e-commerce platforms and their content moderation practices. According to a statement from France’s [...]
UN experts, including the special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, cautioned on Tuesday that a pending amendment to Peru’s General Law on Persons with Disabilities risks reversing progress toward de-institutionalization and independent living for people with disabilities. The experts expressed concern that the new text opens the door to the creation of [...]
Amnesty International on Wednesday denounced France’s short-term residency system as a systemic violation of human rights that traps migrant workers in a cycle of discrimination, leaving them particularly vulnerable to labor exploitation, homelessness, and poverty. The research, conducted between April 2024 and September 2025, utilized first-hand experiences from 27 workers of 16 different nationalities, as well [...]
A coalition of California voters and the state’s Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the legality of Proposition 50’s congressional redistricting maps. The lawsuit argues that Proposition 50 constitutes unlawful racial gerrymandering in violation of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The suit targets 16 congressional districts that, according to the complaint, legislators have [...]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres pushed for unity and respect for ceasefire agreements in a press conference at the Second World Summit for Social Development in Qatar on Tuesday. Guterres responded to journalists’ questions on the ceasefire by calling on all involved countries to cooperate, while confirming the UN’s engagement. He stated: We have been very [...]
UN experts expressed concern on Tuesday about Indonesia’s continued disregard for the fundamental rights of its Indigenous peoples. They urged the Indonesian government to recognize Indigenous peoples and to work with them to develop an inclusive and sustainable national development strategy. Despite having voted in favor of adopting the UN Declaration on the Rights of [...]
UN human rights experts raised concern on Tuesday over “repeated and systematic lethal attacks” by the US military against vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, which they said could constitute war crimes under international maritime law. Three UN special rapporteurs stated that the attacks “appear to be unlawful killings” that lack any “judicial or [...]
Amnesty International and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) intervened Monday on behalf of Zambian residents in an appeal of a case against a South African mining company. South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal is hearing the case, which concerns allegations of severe lead poisoning in Kabwe, Zambia, caused by British-owned mining giant Anglo American. [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised alarm on Wednesday over a spike in cholera cases in Haiti’s West department. The rights group emphasized “the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore basic water and sanitation systems.” Haitian health authorities have already recorded “2,852 suspected cholera cases, 186 confirmed cases, and 48 deaths” from January 1 [...]
