Articles Tagged with United Nations

Burkina Faso’s authorities have failed to account for the whereabouts of journalist Atiana Serge Oulon two years after she was forcibly “disappeared” by state security forces, a coalition of rights groups said Monday, renewing demands for his immediate release. Oulon, who is the director of the newspaper L’Événement (The Event), known for his investigative reporting [...]

Members of the Zimbabwean Parliament (MPs) have passed a bill that would extend the presidential term from five to seven years, delaying the country’s 2028 election and allowing sitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in power until 2030. Text of the bill also shifts the power to elect a president from a direct popular vote [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Saturday expressed deep concern about the adoption of the new European Union regulation facilitating detention and deportation of migrants and asylum seekers. The so-called “Returns Regulation” was initially proposed in March of this year, and the EU parliament voted for its adoption on Wednesday. The new regulation [...]

A UN expert on Friday warned that the human rights landscape in Eritrea is continuing to deteriorate, as concerns grow regarding the ongoing use of enforced disappearances, indefinite military conscription, torture, and the government’s refusal to cooperate with international organizations to address these issues. In outlining the gravity of the human rights issues in the [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada has allowed former Alberta lawmaker Joseph Anglin to sue former provincial chief electoral officer Glen Resler for election interference. The ex-lawmaker is claiming damages of over CAD$2.2 million. At issue was whether any law bars the lawsuit. As Anglin’s lawsuit admitted that he lost the 2015 provincial election result, the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the UK Home Office on Friday to abandon its 2027 plans to use facial age estimation (FAE) AI to assess young asylum seekers, warning that the technology risks discriminatory errors and sets a dangerous global precedent for migration policy. In an open letter to the UK Home Office, HRW and [...]

Luigi Mangione’s attorneys have withdrawn their plan to allege at trial that he was undergoing a mental health crisis, court filings revealed on Friday. Mangione pleaded not guilty in 2024 to the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The notice came in a letter that Mangione’s attorneys sent to Justice Gregory Carro of the [...]

The Terre Haute Division of the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Thursday ordered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “immediately release” pro-Palestinian advocate Salah Sarsour, a lawful permanent resident of the US, from ICE detention facilities. In so ordering, Federal Judge James Hanlon confirmed that Sarsour has successfully established [...]

The United Nations on Thursday renewed its call for full freedom of movement for peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, warning that restrictions on the operations of UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon) could undermine efforts to monitor one of the region’s most fragile security zones. The appeal comes as UN peacekeepers continue tracking developments along the [...]

A coalition of over 60 Canadian rights groups denounced on Friday the rushed enactment of the Combatting Hate Act in Parliament. The groups criticized the law for its vagueness and potential unintended chilling effect on the right to peaceful assembly. The statement described the act as combating hate at the expense of the fundamental rights [...]