Category: Human Rights

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has revealed significant flaws and inconsistencies in the conviction of Senegalese journalist René Capain Bassène, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2022 for his alleged involvement in the 2018 massacre of 14 loggers in the Boffa Bayotte Forest, Casamance. Unsubstantiated Accusations and Forced Testimonies Central to the prosecution’s […]

Boston, May 31, 2025 — Federal authorities have arrested Eric Spofford, the former CEO of Granite Recovery Centers, on charges related to a conspiracy to stalk and intimidate journalists who investigated his conduct while leading New Hampshire’s largest addiction treatment network. According to a statement released by the U.S. Department of Justice, Spofford, 40, allegedly […]

Libya’s fragmented justice sector is marred by serious due process violations and laws that violate international norms. The judiciary is unwilling and unable to meaningfully investigate serious crimes. Violations of the magnitude and persistence documented in Libya reflect the chronic shortcomings of Libya’s judicial institutions. Tackling structural institutional dysfunction, including within the judiciary, is a […]

“Russian armed forces have committed the crimes against humanity of murder and the war crimes of attacking civilians, through a months-long pattern of drone attacks targeting civilians on the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Province,” the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said. Attacks have been carried out since July 2024 […]

Earlier this month, Sharifa Madrakhimova’s passport was tampered with and destroyed, preventing her from traveling abroad to accept an award honoring her work defending human rights in Uzbekistan. Shortly afterward, Abdurakhmon Tashanov, another prominent rights defender, was ordered to pay several thousand dollars in a civil defamation case for an innocuous Facebook post. While the […]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on separatist insurgents operating in southern Thailand to immediately halt attacks on civilians and adhere to international humanitarian law, amid a surge in violence in the region. The rights group’s statement on Thursday follows renewed reports of deadly assaults by armed separatist groups across the provinces of Pattani, Yala, […]

“Africa is a continent of boundless energy and possibility. But for too long, the colossal injustices inflicted by enslavement, the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism have been left unacknowledged and unaddressed,” he said. The United Nations has repeatedly said that slavery and the transatlantic slave trade constituted crimes against humanity, and the Secretary-General has repeatedly […]

(Beirut) – The de facto Houthi authorities in Yemen should immediately and unconditionally release dozens of staff from the United Nations and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who were arbitrarily detained over the course of the past year, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The Houthis’ arbitrary arrests of humanitarian workers have a […]

Four pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, including prominent political and LGBTQ advocate Jimmy Sham, were released from prison on Friday after serving over four years for their involvement in the 2021 national security trial of the “47 democrats.” This marks the second group of detainees to be freed in a month, following the April release […]

The Commission has announced €80 million in EU humanitarian funding for 2025 to support people in need in Yemen. Yemen continues to rank among the worst humanitarian crises in the world. One decade of conflict, economic deterioration and recurrent climate-induced events have left 19.5 million people in need.  This humanitarian will target food and health services – […]