Rights Group Demands Release of Trainee Nurse Detained 80 Days Without Trial in Imo, Nigeria

Owerri, Nigeria, 8 October 2025 — Human rights advocates have called for the immediate release of 21-year-old trainee nurse Princess Nmesoma Chukwunyere, who has been held for more than 80 days without trial at the Imo State Police Command’s Tiger Base facility in Owerri. Arrest and Detention Nmesoma, a student nurse at Mother of Mercy […]

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Tunisia: Death Sentence for Facebook Posts

[ad_1] (Beirut) – A Tunisian court sentenced a man to death last week for peaceful Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch said today. He received a presidential pardon days later, but this is an unprecedented sentence for nonviolent expression in Tunisia. Tunisian authorities should stop detaining and prosecuting people solely for exercising their right of expression. […]

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Rights Groups Condemn Deadly ‘Paramotor’ Attack on Civilians in Myanmar

Rights organizations have condemned a deadly nighttime assault in central Myanmar in which motorized paragliders, or “paramotors,” dropped explosives on civilians, killing more than 20 people, including children, during the Thadingyut Festival of Lights. The Attack Witnesses in Chaung-U Township, Sagaing Region, reported that the first strike occurred around 8 p.m. on Monday, as residents […]

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Guinea Urged to Secure Safe Return of Kidnapped Journalist’s Father

Conakry, 8 October 2025 — Press freedom groups have called on Guinean authorities to ensure the safe return of 75-year-old Elhadj Adama Keita, the father of exiled journalist Mamoudou Babila Keita, who was abducted by unidentified men in Nzérékoré on September 29. Circumstances of the Abduction According to witnesses, Keita was seized outside his home […]

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Gaza: UN rights office deplores deadly strikes on Palestinians gathering firewood

[ad_1] OHCHR in the Occupied Palestinian Territory expressed dismay that “the Israeli military is destroying Gaza City, forcing Palestinians to flee and then killing them when they seek shelter in Middle Gaza, especially in and around An Nuseirat Camp.”  Amid the ongoing displacement and influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Israel intensified strikes on the […]

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China: Free US-Resident Artist Unjustly Charged

[ad_1] (New York) – The Chinese government should drop the baseless charges against the artist Gao Zhen (高兟) and allow him and his family to return to the United States, Human Rights Watch said today. Gao’s family said the 69-year-old artist, a permanent US resident, is in poor health and had fainted in September 2025. Chinese […]

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ICC Secures First Conviction for Darfur Atrocities by Sudan Militia After Two Decades

The Hague, 7 October 2025 — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has delivered a landmark ruling, convicting Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, a former commander of Sudan’s Janjaweed militia, for atrocities committed in Darfur more than 20 years ago. It marks the ICC’s first conviction linked to the Darfur conflict, a […]

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France Opens War Crimes Investigation After Journalist Killed in Ukraine

Paris, 7 October 2025 — French prosecutors have launched a formal war crimes investigation following the death of photojournalist Antoni Lallican, who was killed on 3 October while reporting near the front lines in southeastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. Legal Action and Jurisdiction The investigation was announced by France’s National Anti-Terror Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) and assigned […]

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In landmark labour case, UN World Court weighs in on right to strike

[ad_1] The case stems from a 2023 request by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which asked the Court for an advisory opinion on whether the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) includes the right to strike. Adopted in the aftermath of World War […]

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UN Extends Evidence-Gathering Mandate for Sri Lanka War Crimes

[ad_1] The United Nations Human Rights Council on October 6 extended a project to gather evidence of human rights violations and war crimes associated with Sri Lanka’s civil war for at least two more years. The resolution adopted by consensus offers a ray of hope to victims of abuses and their families that they may […]

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