Category: Human Rights

Austin, 4 October 2025 — A rare coalition of conservatives, Republican lawmakers, and even long‑time death penalty supporters is urging Texas courts to grant a new trial for Robert Roberson, a 58‑year‑old man scheduled for execution on October 16. Conviction Under Scrutiny Roberson was convicted in 2003 of murdering his two‑year‑old daughter, Nikki, after prosecutors […]

[ad_1] “El Fasher is on the precipice of an even greater catastrophe if urgent measures are not taken to loosen the armed vice upon the city and to protect civilians,” he said. Reports of the RSF deploying long-range drones in South Darfur have heightened fears of an escalation in the coming days. Catalogue of killings […]

Sanaa, 30 September 2025 — International press freedom advocates are calling for the immediate release of Majed Zayed, a Yemeni freelance journalist reportedly abducted by Houthi authorities in Sanaa on 23 September during a wider sweep of detentions targeting media workers, writers, and activists. Enforced Disappearance Allegations According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), […]

Washington, D.C., 30 September 2025 — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil lawsuit against two activist groups and six individuals accused of intimidating Jewish worshippers and disrupting services at Congregation Ohr Torah in West Orange, New Jersey, in November 2024. Allegations of Intimidation and Disruption According to the complaint, protesters targeted […]

Geneva, 30 September 2025 — A group of United Nations human rights experts has called on Belarus to lift severe restrictions that prevent women convicted on extremism charges from maintaining meaningful contact with their children. Currently, mothers in detention under such charges are barred from in-person visits and phone calls, with correspondence permitted only once […]

[ad_1] On September 17, the Chadian authorities published a decree purporting to strip blogger Makaila Nguebla and journalist Charfadine Galmaye Saleh of their nationality. The move marks a chilling escalation in the repression of dissent. By wielding citizenship as a political weapon, the government not only violates international law but crosses a line that threatens the rights […]

[ad_1] Today, with the backing of the UN, one of those former detainees, Syrian human rights defender Riyad Avlar, is working to find out what happened to those who did not make it out – and seeking justice for the disappeared. He recalls one mother’s stunned response when he told her that her son had […]

Moscow/Geneva, On 1 October 2025 — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law the country’s withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, a move that effectively ends international monitoring of Russia’s prisons and detention facilities. The decision comes at a time when Moscow faces widespread allegations of torture and inhuman treatment of […]

San Salvador, 2 October 2025 — More than 50 Salvadoran journalists have fled the country in the past four months, citing intensifying legal persecution and mounting threats under the administration of President Nayib Bukele. The exodus marks a troubling escalation in El Salvador’s press freedom crisis, with media professionals facing harassment, surveillance, and the looming […]

[ad_1] A Congolese military court’s conviction and death sentence imposed on former President Joseph Kabila on September 30 highlights the fragile balance between accountability and political stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The trial, for charges ranging from treason to war crimes, had all the trappings of a political vendetta, posing a threat to both the […]