Italy’s competition regulator, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), imposed a €1 million fine on fast fashion company Shein on Monday for publishing misleading environmental claims related to the amount of pollution the company produces. The AGCM investigation found that Shein made false claims about the recyclability of its clothing and that there [...]

Drone strikes that have damaged oil fields in the Kurdistan region of Iraq potentially threaten public services that impact human rights including healthcare and education, according to a Tuesday release from Human Rights Watch. They also risk escalating an ongoing dispute between the regional and national government over oil revenues, the organization said. The attacks [...]

Human rights organizations in Greece condemned a new law for its alleged violation of international and EU legal protections for asylum-seekers in a joint release on Wednesday. The law bars individuals who arrive in the country from North Africa from applying for asylum for three months, and mandates the deportation of all such individuals to [...]

In a speech published Monday, UN Human Rights Council President Jürg Lauber highlighted the importance of facilitating more meaningful participation from Indigenous peoples within UN institutions, invoking obligations to uphold the rights outlined in the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Lauber noted that proactive efforts to include Indigenous peoples in UN [...]

In court documents filed on Monday, El Salvador officials stated that the US maintains exclusive control over deportees imprisoned at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador, directly contradicting claims by US President Donald Trump’s administration that the US has no authority to return unlawfully deported individuals. This suggests that the Trump administration openly [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders Tuesday for their alleged role in the persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan. The warrant accused Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani of implementing extensive legal restrictions on women and girls that violate women and girls’ “rights [...]

Amnesty International research released on Monday concluded that more than 80 percent of those convicted under the Hong Kong national security law have been “wrongly criminalized” in the five years since the law was introduced. Since 2020, Hong Kong government data cited by Amnesty International indicated that 332 people were arrested, with 189 convicted under [...]

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 [...]

Engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham returned home to South Africa on Sunday after serving more than two years in prison in Equatorial Guinea on seemingly arbitrary drug trafficking charges, according to a 2024 conclusion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Potgieter and Huxham were released from prison by a presidential pardon granted [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized Hungary’s government on Monday for choosing to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in reaction to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for their roles in alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Hungary’s withdrawal will take effect [...]