Belarussian prisoner of conscience and opposition politician Mikalai Statkevich was released from imprisonmenton  Friday after he suffered a stroke earlier in January. Following his release, Amnesty ...

Amnesty International stated that the Indian AI Impact Summit 2026 did not secure concrete commitments to halt “destructive practices” by governments and technology companies, warning that the ...

North Korea began the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea on February 20, 2026, signaling a tightening of control over youth and access to information. A key focus of the Party Congress ...

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is set to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a crucial pre-trial hearing next week, a milestone in the long-running international ...

Paramilitary forces in Sudan unleashed “a wave of intense violence…shocking in its scale and brutality” during their final ...

On February 12, the High Court of Kenya struck down Section 95(1)(b) of the Penal Code as unconstitutional. The Section made ...

Child trafficking by gangs in Haiti has intensified amid escalating violence and institutional collapse and has placed the country’s long-term stability in jeopardy, according to a report released ...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday released a report warning that the rapid expansion of cyber-enabled fraud compounds in Southeast Asia has resulted in ...

UNICEF published a statement Thursday outlining their deep concerns with the detention of children in Iran amidst ongoing public unrest. The statement, by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle ...

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed into law an amnesty measure that authorities say is intended to ease political tensions and accelerate the release of political ...

President Donald Trump announced a 10% global tariff after the US Supreme Court's landmark decision Friday ruling against his tariff imposition under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ...

The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn't cause broken bones or open wounds. The Rawadari human rights ...