Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday expressed concern over an Islamic State-linked group abducting increasing numbers of children in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. According to HRW, the armed group, locally known as Al-Shabab, has kidnapped at least 120 children in recent days. Although some children were released by the group, a number of them remain [...]

A US federal judge on Monday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing a policy that would bar foreign nationals from entering the US to study at Harvard University. Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered an injunction halting the Trump administration from [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed alarm Monday over new directives issued by Israeli authorities ordering international media to obtain prior approval from the military censor before broadcasting news from combat zones or missile impact areas in Israel. The move represents a significant escalation in efforts to control wartime reporting. CPJ regional director Sara [...]

Independent human rights experts on Monday issued a stark warning, calling on India to immediately put an end to its practice of arbitrary and punitive demolitions that disproportionately affect low-income households, ethnic minorities and migrants. According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, India is leading the world in illegal home demolitions. [...]

Civilians in Sumy City, Ukraine, are being killed and injured by “increased unlawful attacks” from Russia involving Grad rockets, Amnesty International reported on Tuesday. Amnesty International called for any attacks using Grad rockets to be “investigated as war crimes” due to their inaccurate nature. Russia struck Sumy City on June 3, killing “at least seven [...]

Amnesty International expressed concern Tuesday over the recurrent drone strikes conducted by Pakistan’s military, which have caused unlawful loss of civilian lives. The rights group stated that strikes in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have resulted in the deaths of 17 people this year, urging authorities to investigate these incidents and hold those responsible accountable. [...]

A US federal jury on Monday issued an order against a man who scuffled with an officer during the January 6 US Capitol attack to pay $500,000 to the widow and estate of the police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the US Capitol from a mob of rioters. Officer Jefferey [...]

UK Secretary of State Yvette Cooper announced on Monday that the British government will categorize activist group Palestine Action as a “terrorist organization” under the provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000, in reaction to the group’s damaging of military planes on a British base on Friday. If Parliament approves the proscription order, which is expected [...]

The US Supreme Court granted an emergency application Monday to stay a federal court’s preliminary injunction on migrant deportations, empowering the Trump administration to remove individuals with little notice. The ruling removes an April 18 order from the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts that sought to block the Department of Homeland Security [...]

In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights and gender equality. While international headlines have since moved on to other crises, millions of Afghan women and girls continue to live under increasingly restrictive policies that have systematically stripped away their [...]