UN experts on Wednesday condemned the conviction of lawyers and human rights defenders Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha by the District and Sessions Court in Islamabad, Pakistan. Several independent experts, including the special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, and the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, [...]
The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned terrorist attacks which took place in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on January 31. The attacks killed 48 people, 31 of whom were civilians. In a press release issued by Council President James Kariuki of the United Kingdom, the Council described the attacks as “heinous and cowardly.” It expressed sympathy [...]
Ethiopia’s federal government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time that troops from neighboring Eritrea took part in the war in the Tigray region, which formally ended in 2022. The government said Eritrean forces were responsible for mass killings, destroying homes, and looting factories. The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s acknowledgment marks a major change [...]
A US federal judge in Oregon issued a temporary restraining order on Tuesday that limits when federal officers can use tear gas and other less-lethal force against protesters who assembled near a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon. The lawsuit was filed by protesters and freelance journalists represented by the American Civil [...]
Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned both the January attack by the US military on Venezuela and the abuses long committed by the ousted Maduro government. On January 3, the Trump administration announced that it had conducted a raid on Venezuela, resulting in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. US President [...]
UN peacekeepers were forced to temporarily suspend their patrols along the Israel-Lebanon Blue Line on Sunday in response to the Israeli military releasing what they referred to as a “chemical substance.” The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that they were told by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) that the IDF would be [...]
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Geneva Academy) published a report on Monday that detailed numerous serious human rights violations and war crimes between July 2024 and December 2025 across 23 armed conflicts, and emphasized increased risks posed to journalists and aid workers in conflict zones. The report, titled “War Watch,” [...]
Spain’s Prime Minister on Tuesday announced plans to prohibit minors from accessing social media, as part of regulatory measures to address online safety concerns. The announcement came at the World Governments Summit hosted in Dubai. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez opened the forum by stating that social media and digital platforms have become an environment where [...]
A US federal judge delivered an order on Monday allowing the Sunrise Wind project to continue operations off the coast of New York state’s Long Island. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction requested by Denmark-owned company Orsted in response to President Donald Trump’s [...]
Thirteen plaintiffs, including an immigration nonprofit, a legal clinic, and US citizens, filed a lawsuit against the Department of State (DOS) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday, seeking to overturn a visa ban recently instituted by President Donald Trump’s administration. The new policy aims to prevent immigration “for nationalities at high risk of [...]
