The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called for the Indian government to institute “transparency and due process” when imposing social media restrictions, following numerous international news organizations reporting that their X accounts had been blocked in India due to a “legal demand” from the evening of July 5 to July 7. CPJ’s representative [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia on Wednesday condemned the detention of a human rights lawyer from Kaliningrad, saying her arrest appeared to be retaliation for defending political prisoners. The case centers on Maria Bontsler, a 64-year-old human rights lawyer with a chronic medical condition. Rapporteur Mariana Katzarova said in a statement [...]

The European Network of Afghanistan War Victims on Wednesday issued a statement of support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders, and highlighted the need for both the ICC and International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold Taliban institutions accountable for international crimes. The European Network of Afghanistan War Victims [...]

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a statement Wednesday urging military forces in Libya to show restraint, as armed group mobilization pushes the country closer to violent clashes. UNSMIL referenced the recent growing concern about the armed activity in densely populated areas in Libya. The statement urged all of those parties involved to [...]

A US federal court on Thursday granted a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, delivering a significant victory to civil rights groups in an escalating legal battle that has already reached the Supreme Court. The Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution establishes that: “All persons born or naturalized in the [...]

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights Francesca Albanese, marking an escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to prevent international scrutiny of Israel’s conduct in Gaza. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio justified the sanctions by claiming Albanese engaged in “biased and malicious activities,” “spewed unabashed antisemitism,” [...]

Amnesty International published a statement on Tuesday calling for Egypt to release those who were detained by the country on the sole basis of expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people amidst the war with Israel. Amnesty International calls for the “unconditional and immediate release” of these activists. In addition to their call for the release [...]

On Wednesday, Amnesty International urged Syria’s transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, to ensure the publication of all the findings of a fact-finding committee’s investigation into the targeted killings of members of Syria’s Alawite minority. Amnesty International’s deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Kirstine Beckerle, said: “Survivors and the families of victims have [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday found that Russia has committed grave violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) in Ukraine. Judges at the ECHR rendered a series of decisions related to consolidated complaints brought forth by Ukraine and the Netherlands since the conflict in Ukraine began in 2014. Among the alleged violations [...]

Russian election watchdog group Golos announced Tuesday of termination of its work, citing the sentencing of Grigory Melkonyants, an election expert, as a core reason. In 2013, the Ministry of Justice identified Golos, which had operated in Russia since the early 2000s, as a “foreign agent.” In the declaration, Golos shared that it only recently [...]