The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged the Taliban to lift its restrictive prohibition on the airing of political and economic programs by local Afghan media outlets on Friday. According to the CPJ, the prohibition includes all live and recorded political and economic conversations, requiring that this type of content obtain prior authorization from Taliban [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a report on Friday detailing a surge in violent attacks on journalists in Bangladesh, urging the country’s government to take action. The report denounces the widespread attacks on journalists that have escalated since the beginning of February, highlighting systematic violations of the constitutional rights of media professionals that have been [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday urged Malta’s Constitutional Court to lift what it describes as an “information blackout” on the ongoing murder trial of Yorgen Fenech, the alleged mastermind behind the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. RSF further urged the court to reverse a decree that has severely restricted the publication of information related [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in a Thursday letter to stop the Malian junta’s crackdown on political opposition and dissent. The group’s call comes as Mali is faced with many cases of forced disappearances or persons detained for politically motivated reasons. According to HRW, Mali’s military junta [...]

An Argentinian court on Thursday issued international arrest warrants for 22 Burmese military officials and three civilians for their role in the genocide against the Rohingya community. The senior officials named in the court’s landmark order include Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Soe Win, and former Western Command head Maung Maung Soe. The accused face [...]

UNICEF denounced the alarming rise in violence against children in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Friday, expressing concern that thousands of minors have suffered sexual violence, abductions, and forced recruitment by armed groups in the ongoing conflict. UNICEF stated: “e are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties [...]

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Friday condemned Israel’s continuing offensive operation in the West Bank, urging Israel to immediately halt the “alarming wave of violence and mass displacement.” The OHCHR noted a resumption of unlawful killings of Palestinian civilians beginning on January 21, 2025. The office stated that Israeli security forces have [...]

A Texas state judge entered a default judgment and permanent injunction against New York doctor Margaret Carpenter on Thursday, finding her liable for unlawfully providing abortion-inducing drugs to a Texas woman. Judge Bryan Gantt’s default judgment resulted from Carpenter’s failure to respond to the Texas civil suit against her. Judge Bryan Gantt granted Texas’s requested relief [...]

Poland’s Warshaw Court of Appeal ordered a retrial of activist Justyna Wydrzyńska Thursday, citing concerns over judicial impartiality. Human rights organizations welcomed the decision, contending that abortion should not be criminalized.  The appellate court remitted the case to the trial court for reconsideration, finding that bias on the part of a trial judge had tainted [...]

Fourteen US state attorney generals filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court against Elon Musk, his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and President Donald Trump on Thursday. The lawsuit challenges DOGE’s legal authority and Musk’s recent actions such as shutting down or exercising sweeping control over the functions of 14 federal agencies, including [...]