Violence against children and other persons in Nigeria has become one of the most pressing human rights concerns in West Africa. From the attacks by Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the North-East to clashes in the Middle Belt involving armed gangs, the toll on lives, livelihoods, and religious freedom [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concerns Wednesday regarding the safety of noncitizens attending the 2026 World Cup in the US, following the arrest and deportation of an asylum seeker during the Club World Cup tournament final in New Jersey. The rights group condemned the incident and asserted that it exemplified how recent US immigration policies [...]

A recent article in the Washington Post concerning widespread internet shutdowns in Russia for alleged wartime defense purposes got me thinking: How hard would it be for this to happen in the US? It took me about a minute of online research to answer my own question: not hard at all. Express Presidential Powers over [...]

The Australian eSafety Commissioner announced on Wednesday that social media companies will be required to disclose the number of underage accounts they terminate every month, following a law that sets age restrictions for the most popular social media sites. The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 bars anyone under the age of [...]

A Kenyan parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday accused British soldiers of decades of sexual misconduct, violence, human rights violations, and environmental harm during their tenure in the country. These accusations emerged following a two-year inquiry by the parliamentary Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations (DIFRC), which culminated in a 94-page report detailing alleged assaults, maimings, [...]

This week, President Donald Trump pardoned a man federal prosecutors described as the architect of a “narco-state” who moved 400 tons of cocaine to United States shores. In September, the US military began killing people on Caribbean vessels based on unproven suspicions they were doing the same thing on a far smaller scale. The strikes [...]

Former European Union Commission Vice President and foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini was formally accused on Wednesday of procurement fraud and corruption, conflict of interest, and violation of professional secrecy, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) revealed in an online statement. Mogherini and two other high-profile suspects were detained as part of a bigger fraud [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called for an impartial, prompt and effective investigation into the death in custody of Cameroon opposition leader Anicet Ekane. He died on December 1 at the State Defense Secretariat detention facility in the capital, Yaoundé. Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Africa researcher at HRW, said, “Ekane’s death may be an example [...]

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday voted to demand that Russia return all Ukrainian children deported or forcibly transferred since the start of the war. The resolution was adopted with 91 votes in favor, 12 against, and 57 abstentions, meeting the two-thirds majority required under Article 18 of the UN Charter. The resolution demands that [...]

The United Kingdom on Tuesday unveiled its reform plans to scrap jury trials for crimes with an expected sentence of less than three years. The measure aims to reduce a “record backlog of cases” in the criminal justice system, which is estimated to rise to 100,000 cases by 2028. In his announcement, Deputy Prime Minister [...]