Amnesty International released a new investigative report on Tuesday detailing extrajudicial executions of Druze civilians by the Syrian government and affiliated forces in the Suwayda governorate on July 15-16. The human rights organization confirmed that 46 individuals—44 men and two women—were deliberately shot dead, while two older victims were subjected to mock executions. These killings [...]
A Brazilian prosecutor on Tuesday urged the country’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro for orchestrating an attempted coup d’état as the trial of the ex-president and seven co-defendants entered its final stage. Bolsonaro is accused of trying to derail the transfer of power to now-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [...]
A US federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump violated the law by deploying military forces to conduct crowd control and arrests in Los Angeles, marking a significant legal rebuke of the administration’s domestic use of armed forces. In June, the president deployed military personnel to Los Angeles in a bid to quell protests [...]
Amnesty International on Monday released a report finding that X (formerly Twitter) allowed for the spread of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV) against LGBTQ+ people in Poland. The report charges that Elon Musk relaxed X’s Community Guidelines regarding the content allowed on the platform after taking ownership. Consequently, X has become “awash with content constituting TfGBV,” [...]
A coalition of rights groups on Monday urged the UK to incorporate human rights protections before signing a trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), amid documentation of abuses faced by migrant workers across these countries. In a joint statement, the groups urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to include human rights conditions in the [...]
A US federal judge on Sunday ordered a temporary stop to President Donald Trump’s administration plans to send more than 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala. The emergency order, issued by US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington, DC, came at 4 AM because of exigent circumstances. Attorneys said that 10 children were already on [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on modern slavery released a statement on Friday protesting that forms of modern slavery continue to exist in Brazil, including the exploitation of children and domestic workers, Indigenous, African, and Quilombola peoples, sex workers, migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Expert Tomoya Obokata made the announcement to conclude his visit to Brazil. [...]
The European Union (EU) urged the US government on Saturday to reverse its decision to block members of the Palestinian Authority (PA) from obtaining visas. Kaja Kallas, the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, remarked during a ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen: “In light of the existing agreements between the UN and its host [...]
The United Nations observed the International Day for People of African Descent on Sunday, with leaders urging the global community to advance justice, dignity, and equality. Secretary-General António Guterres praised the “extraordinary” contributions of African peoples, while stressing that the legacies of slavery and colonialism continue to cast “long shadows” in the form of systemic [...]
Amnesty International called on the Syrian government Friday to undertake concrete measures, including a nationwide search for thousands who disappeared under the Assad regime, to deliver truth, justice, and reparations for the victims and their families. A new report published by the human rights organization alleges that thousands of individuals are still struggling to uncover [...]
