A UN expert criticized the US government on Wednesday for its rollback of sanctions against entities supplying weapons and other support to the Myanmar military junta, finding the move “unconscionable.” Special Rapporteur for Myanmar Tom Andrews explained in his statement that the persons delisted by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged a rights-based approach in a letter on Friday to the newly appointed African Union (AU) Special Envoy for the Sahel, Burundi President H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye.  HRW welcomed President Ndayishimiye’s appointment as Sahel envoy, and emphasized several regional and country-specific human rights concerns, stating that human rights, civilian protection, accountability and the [...]

Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, called on the Irish government to move forward with the Occupied Territories bill, which would prohibit imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In support of the bill, Callamard stated: The bill would be a powerful, much-needed tool for international justice and must be [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called for an urgent ceasefire on Tuesday, following a series of large-scale Russian missile and drone attacks on densely populated Ukrainian cities. The attacks have resulted in significant civilian casualties and damage to protected infrastructure, reinforcing concerns over violations of international humanitarian law. In [...]

The Free Narges Coalition Steering Committee, including Reporters Without Borders (RSF), issued a joint alert on Thursday, warning of escalating threats against imprisoned Iranian journalist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi. These threats, apparently originating from actors affiliated with the Iranian government, aim to further intimidate Mohammadi and her family, intensifying international concern [...]

The UK government’s increasing reliance on artificial intelligence and digital technologies in its social security system is leading to the systematic exclusion of people with disabilities, low-income communities, and other marginalized groups, warned Amnesty International on Thursday in a new report. The report, titled “Too Much Technology, Not Enough Empathy,” sheds light on the consequences [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Friday that humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are escalating rapidly as over 1.4 million people, mostly returnees from Iran and Pakistan, have entered the country in 2025 alone. According to UNHCR’s Afghanistan representative Arafat Jamal, the scale and speed of these returns are straining the agency’s [...]

On June 26, the Criminal Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates reconvicted 24 defendants and handed down life sentences, reversing a previous ruling that had dismissed their cases. This decision brings the total convictions in this case to 83, including 67 life sentences. Human Rights Watch condemned the Supreme Court’s [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday warned that a newly enacted law in Ecuador threatens the rights and protections of children, particularly those recruited or used by organized crime groups. The Public Integrity Law, passed by the National Assembly on June 24 and signed by President Daniel Noboa the following day, introduces sweeping punitive measures [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and over 110 organizations and trade unions on Friday called on the EU to immediately suspend its trade agreement with Israel, citing the latter’s ongoing atrocities against Palestinians. The joint statement emphasized that such action is overdue in holding Israel accountable for systematic abuses, including alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity, [...]