In response to a request by various news outlets to restore their access to the White House, US President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday countered that “access to the White House is a privilege—not a right.” First, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that the journalists’ argument that they have been subject to viewpoint-based discrimination [...]

A jury in Burlington, Vermont, on Monday found Jason Eaton guilty of three counts of attempted second-degree murder stemming from the 2023 shooting of three Palestinian students attending college in the Northeast. The jury deliberated for only a few hours before rendering the guilty verdict, rejecting Eaton’s insanity defense. Eaton was convicted of attempted second-degree [...]

In a joint statement published Monday, 21 civil society organizations including Amnesty International, called for the renewal of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela (FFM).  Noting the FFM’s recent findings, the organizations stated: The FFM concluded that gross human rights violations and international crimes continue committed in Venezuela under a veil of persisting impunity. They [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday expressed concern that mass displacement and the overall humanitarian crisis in Yemen will intensify as the ongoing conflict escalates. UNHCR’s Yemen representative Armen Yedgaryan stressed the scale of the devastation at a press briefing in Geneva, stating: Even before the recent escalation, more than 5.2 million [...]

Imagine the vast Pacific, with its rhythm of trade winds and currents, warming as though a fever were spreading across its surface. Fishermen along the coasts of Peru and Ecuador notice their nets returning empty, rains arrive where deserts once stood, and drought grips lands that once thrived. This recurring phenomenon is known as El [...]

Human Rights Watch on Monday called on world leaders attending the UN General Assembly in New York this week to defend international human rights institutions and uphold accountability for serious international crimes. On September 21, a statement ahead of the General Assembly’s September 22-28 meeting urged governments to resist efforts to weaken the UN, international [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday ruled that Missouri must hold its November elections using the new congressional districting map enacted in 2025. The current dispute began after the Missouri legislature passed House Bill 1 last September. The bill altered Missouri’s Fifth congressional district, which has been held by Democrats [...]

Several international civil society organizations on Monday issued a joint letter to members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), addressing the concerning situation following PACE Resolution 2664 (2026) on the functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia. Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2664 was adopted on 24 June 2026, stating that the conditions for [...]

Amnesty International on Monday condemned the March 23 Movement (M23) over human rights abuses committed in the mines they control in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Commenting on the dire domestic human rights crisis afflicting the region, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general  stated: The African Union and its Member States must take far [...]