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Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several other human rights organizations on Thursday issued a joint statement urging the government of the Republic of Maldives to withdraw plans to end its death penalty moratorium and introduce capital punishment for drug-related crimes. HRW warned that the Maldives’ recent proposal would violate its obligations under international law, including [...]

Amnesty International called for the immediate withdrawal of India’s proposed digital media amendments on Thursday, warning that the new rules would grant the government “abusive powers” to censor and monitor ordinary citizens online. The human rights organization submitted a detailed legal analysis to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), arguing that the draft [...]

Amnesty International and Human Rights First published their first joint letter to Irish officials on Thursday, urging an end to the US administration’s use of Shannon Airport for unlawful Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removals. The two human rights organizations expressed concern over ICE’s use of Shannon Airport at least five times, involving the removal [...]

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) released on Thursday a new Artificial Intelligence-assisted platform, HungerMap Live, designed to monitor global famine crises and provide an advanced warning system to help prevent and combat hunger. HungerMap Live is regarded as the first evidence-based warning system that alerts the world about emerging hunger conditions in advance, providing [...]

On Tuesday, Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, spoke at the fifth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, where he described reparations as “key to dismantling systemic racism.” Türk called for member states to adopt and enforce anti-racism laws, policies and practices; include young people of African descent [...]

A group of UN independent experts on Wednesday denounced the assassination of human rights advocate Zweli “Khabazela” Mkhize, and urged South Africa to hold perpetrators accountable. The experts, referred to as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, stated: We urge South Africa to ensure a prompt, effective, impartial and thorough investigation into the [...]

UN experts on Thursday insisted on accountability for trafficking allegations contained in the Epstein files, warning that disclosures emerging from the documents indicate that the systemic trafficking continues. UN experts Siobhán Mullally, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, as well as Claudia Flores, Ivana Krstić, Dorothy Estrada Tanck, Haina Lu and [...]

Amnesty International applauded on Wednesday the Italian government’s suspension its decades-long defense agreement with Israel, due to growing opposition to the Israeli military operations in the Middle East. Italy’s decision marks a departure from the right-wing government’s traditional supportive relationship with Israel. Opposition parties and Italian civil society voices had pushed for the action, as [...]

Maine’s legislature on Tuesday passed a temporary moratorium on the construction of large data centers through November 1, 2027, making Maine the first state in the US to impede facility expansion as lawmakers study their strain on the state’s power grid. The bill prohibits state agencies and municipalities from approving data centers that consume 20 [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on Wednesday in support of a group in Zambia that has called for the African Union to take steps to clean up a mine site that has caused child led-poisoning. Complainants included the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, Zambian nongovernmental organizations, and affected families. The [...]