On Wednesday, the UN high commissioner for human rights welcomed the ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand while urging both countries to pursue a civil de-escalation process. High Commissioner Volker Türk asserted that it is important for both sides to ensure that victims of the violence receive redress in line with international human rights and humanitarian [...]

A US federal court on Wednesday reinstated a lawsuit filed by a New York state court clerk who claims she was fired for complying with an investigation into her boss. Samantha Long, a former court clerk for the town of New Lebanon, New York, contended that she was fired for cooperating with a New York [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that Bangladesh’s interim government failed to implement adequate human rights protections, one year after the overthrow of the previous government. The rights group noted that while the current government, led by Mohammed Yunus, has taken some positive steps towards improving the human rights situation, issues of impunity and [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday voiced deep concern following a ruling by a court in Duhok, Iraq, that ordered Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky to remain in prison for an additional six months. In commenting on his predicament, CPJ Levant program coordinator Doja Daoud stated: “Omed Baroshky has already faced retaliation for his [...]

Ireland’s Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the government did not violate the rights of newly arrived single male asylum seekers who were left without accommodation, overturning an earlier High Court decision that found a breach of Article 1 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The case was brought by the Irish Human Rights [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday condemned the arrest of Yemeni journalist Abduljabar Bajabeer after his July 28 arrest in the Hadramout governorate. The CPJ called for Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government (IRG) to release Bajabeer and cease intimidation against journalists. The CPJ’s chief programs officer, Carlos Martinez de la Serna, called the arrest [...]

US lawmakers initiated a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, challenging the administration’s new policy regarding visitation procedures for members of Congress visiting detention facilities. Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, announced that he would be leading a group of lawmakers in challenging this policy on Wednesday. He announced via a press [...]

Amnesty International condemned the murder of a prominent Palestinian activist, Awdah Al-Hathaleen, in a press release on Wednesday, highlighting the ongoing Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and the failure of authorities to act to prevent such attacks. Amnesty International senior director for research and advocacy Erika Guevara Rosas noted that Hathaleen had “recently warned UK [...]

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rescinding the 2009 Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases on Tuesday. Because this finding gives the EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from vehicles, rescinding it would also mean repealing all regulations governing GHG emissions from highway vehicles. The 2009 finding determined that six GHGs, including carbon [...]

The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) announced on Tuesday that it has reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit brought by a Jewish faculty member and students. The initial complaint, filed in June 2024, claimed that Jewish students were unlawfully prevented from “accessing the heart of campus,” including classroom buildings and the main [...]