Category: Human Rights

The trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former rebel leader and former minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, begins on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, before the Paris Criminal Court. Lumbala is charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed in North Kivu and Ituri provinces between 2002 and 2003, including summary executions, torture and other inhuman […]

They were among 49 migrants and refugees aboard a rubber boat that departed from Zuwara in northwest Libya around 3am on 3 November, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday, citing survivors. The vessel capsized roughly six hours later after high waves caused the engine to fail. All passengers, 47 men and two […]

Summary: As Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives in Washington, rights groups including Human Rights Watch and Democracy for the Arab World Now are pressing the US to prioritize human rights over strategic and economic interests, citing repression, executions, and the unresolved murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. 🏛️ Calls for Accountability Human Rights […]

The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence. The cases of torture and ill-treatment of Venezuelans in El Salvador were not isolated incidents by rogue guards or riot police, but rather systematic violations. The Trump administration is complicit in […]

Following an appeal by 49 rights groups, a cross-regional group of states requested an urgent United Nations Human Rights Council session on atrocities in North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, in Sudan. The session, planned for November 14, follows reports and images of mass atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is battling the Sudanese Armed […]

Most of those people died “as a result of lack of medical care, unsanitary cells, insufficient food, and limited access to drinking water,” according to the latest UN human rights report about the situation in the Caribbean island nation. Haiti is facing a dire humanitarian, political and security crisis due to gang violence, compounded by […]

The United States Supreme Court last week allowed the implementation of a discriminatory Trump administration policy requiring new passports to reflect an individual’s sex assigned at birth. The policy follows President Trump’s executive order instructing federal agencies to recognize only two sexes, male and female, and declaring these fixed at birth. The US State Department […]

Many of her videos showed laughter, music, and the color of daily life in Tonka, her hometown on the edge of Mali’s desert near Timbuktu. On TikTok, 20-year-old Mariam Cissé, besides sharing moments of joy, often voiced support for the Malian armed forces in a region ravaged by armed conflict since 2012. Last week, those […]

Sudan, already experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, is witnessing a surge in humanitarian needs after the city of El Fasher in North Darfur fell to the Rapid Support Forces.  Now, as people attempt to flee the ongoing brutality sweeping through El Fasher, the EU is allocating another €1 million in humanitarian aid. This funding […]

Since the Rapid Support Forces militia – which has been battling the military government – captured El Fasher after more than 500 days of siege in late October, nearly 89,000 people have fled from Tawila, Melit, Saraf Omra, and other localities. Some families have sought refuge in Tina, near the Sudan-Chad border, where already overwhelmed […]