‘Bleak milestone’: UN says 3 million forced to flee in Myanmar conflict | Conflict News
United Nations says the number displaced has jumped by 50 percent in last six months as fighting has intensified. The number of people in Myanmar…
UK has begun mass arrests of potential Rwanda deportees: What’s next? | Refugees News
The British authorities have begun a series of operations to detain migrants in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda as part of Prime Minister Rishi…
World Press Freedom Day: Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists | Freedom of the Press News
Every year on May 3, UNESCO commemorates World Press Freedom Day. It is being marked today at a particularly perilous time for journalists globally, with Israel’s war…
Israeli firms sold invasive surveillance tech to Indonesia: Report | Cybersecurity News
An international investigation has found that at least four Israeli-linked firms have been selling invasive spyware and cyber surveillance technology to Indonesia, which has no…
Abu Ghraib: Iraqi victims’ case against US contractor ends in mistrial | The Iraq War: 20 years on News
The trial was a historic attempt at justice, marking the first time victims of the abuse that took place at the Abu Ghraib prison in…
Breaking News: Civil Society Organizations Condemn UNOCHA’s Handling of Tigray Crisis
In a letter addressed to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), a coalition of civil society organizations has expressed profound…
UK starts detaining asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda | Migration News
Government expects to deport 5,700 migrants and asylum seekers to Rwanda this year, but rights groups ready to mount new legal challenge. British authorities have…
ICJ to hear Mexico’s dispute with Ecuador: All you need to know | The Hague News
It is the latest escalation in a long-simmering diplomatic feud: On Tuesday and Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to hear a…
Burkina Faso says HRW massacre accusations ‘baseless’ | Human Rights News
A Human Rights Watch report on Thursday accused the military of executing residents in Nodin and Soro, including at least 56 children. Burkina Faso has…
Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison | LGBTQ News
The law is backed mainly by Shia Muslim parties who form the largest coalition in Iraq’s parliament. Iraq’s parliament has passed a law criminalising same-sex…
The Abu Ghraib abuse scandal 20 years on: What redress for victims? | The Iraq War: 20 years on News
When the US TV news programme 60 Minutes II revealed images of Iraqi men being abused and humiliated by their American jailers at Abu Ghraib…
South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? | Nelson Mandela News
Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for the first time. This marked…
Qatar pledges $3m to Ukrainian human rights body | Russia-Ukraine war News
Funds aim to provide support for children, others affected by armed conflict in Ukraine, Qatari foreign ministry says. Qatar has announced that it will provide…
Ecuador spat: Trotsky to the shah, Mexico’s long history as home to exiles | Politics News
With rifles, riot shields and helmets, the Ecuadorian police scaled the white concrete gate, burst through the embassy doors and arrested Jorge Glas, a former…
Mandela’s world: A photographic retrospective of apartheid South Africa | Human Rights
Photographer Jurgen Schadeberg (1931-2020) spent most of his life documenting the struggle against apartheid. Years before his death in 2020, Schadeberg shared some of his…
‘Profoundly unjust’: Reactions to court overturning Weinstein’s conviction | Sexual Assault News
A New York appeals court has overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for rape, saying the trial judge should not have allowed other women to testify…
Chinese student jailed in US for threatening to ‘cut off hands’ of activist | Crime News
Xiaolei Wu, a music student in Boston, is jailed after being found guilty of harassing a pro-democracy activist. A Chinese music student has been jailed…
What happens when activists are branded ‘terrorists’ in the Philippines? | Human Rights News
Baguio, Philippines – Inside an unlit bathroom, Windel Bolinget gently tips a pail of water over his head, careful to minimise the sound of splashing…
Are settler politics running unchecked in Israel? | Israel War on Gaza News
In Israel, the far right is increasingly influential in politics, with a government reliant for its existence on a settler movement driving an ever-more extreme…
Post-1948 order ‘at risk of decimation’ amid war in Gaza, Ukraine: Amnesty | Human Rights News
The world is facing the collapse of the 1948 international order established in the wake of World War II, amid the brutal wars in Gaza…