Iran marked two years after the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising on Wednesday, with rights organization Amnesty International issuing a statement commemorating the anniversary and highlighting human rights abuses that have occurred in the protests’ aftermath. The “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests began as a response to police brutality against women after Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old [...]

The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) condemned the US House of Representatives on Wednesday for using its Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act to “slander laws on safeguarding national security” and “smear the human rights situation” in Hong Kong. The bill, which passed the House 413-3, seeks to [...]

The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal found that social media platform Facebook violated statutory obligations for data protection and meaningful consent created by Canada’s primary legislation on the use of personal information by corporations, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Following an investigation into Facebook’s personal data-sharing practices, the Privacy Commissioner of [...]

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) formally charged four individuals on Tuesday in connection with a bombing that occurred at the Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru, India, in March 2023. The bast caused nine casualties, none fatal. The accused are identified as Mussavir Hussain Shazib, Abdul Matheen Ahmed Taaha, Maaz Muneer Ahmed, and Muzammil Shareef. According to [...]

Over 26 human rights organizations, including the Kurdistan Human Rights Network and Center for Human Rights in Iran, issued a joint statement on Tuesday calling for the immediate revocation of the death sentence imposed on Kurdish women’s rights activist Pakhshan Azizi. This sentence, handed down by the Iranian judiciary, has sparked international outrage, with the [...]

Hundreds of protesters breached Mexico’s Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers deliberated a controversial reform to overhaul the judiciary. The disorder forced the Senate to suspend its session temporarily, citing safety concerns for the legislators inside. Amid the final vote on the contested judicial reform approved by Mexico’s Senate committees last Sunday, hundreds of demonstrators voiced [...]

Tajikistan’s authorities systematically discriminate against the Pamiri minority, and grossly violate their rights, through suppression of cultural and religious institutions, political exclusion and violent repression, according to a new report by Amnesty International released on Wednesday. The Pamiris are a separate ethnic group that lives in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, mostly practicing the Shia Ismaili [...]

Yemen is at risk of returning to full-scale war and the international community has a common interest and responsibility to stop this from happening, UN Special Envoy for the country Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council in July. For nearly a decade, Yemen has been gripped by one of the most severe humanitarian crises in [...]

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) of India filed an affidavit on Wednesday before the Supreme Court of India in the ongoing case regarding the constitutionality of the “Madrasa” education system. The affidavit flagged concerns about the quality of education imparted at such institutes. The NCPCR was primarily concerned with the discrepancy [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Wednesday criticizing asylum and migrant protections in Latin America. The report outlined “poor regularization and integration policies” between Latin American countries that drive migrants to attempt dangerous passages into Central and North America. The report focused on Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru. HRW stated that [...]