A United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights report warned on Tuesday that in one year, from November 1, 2024, to October 31, 2025, Israel’s Government has accelerated unlawful settlement expansion and annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.  This has led to settler violence and the forced displacement of over [...]

Amnesty International said Tuesday that Algerian authorities should immediately reverse the closure of the Algiers office of SOS Disappeared, a human rights group that has long advocated for truth, justice, and reparations for families of people forcibly disappeared during Algeria’s 1990s internal armed conflict. In its statement, Amnesty argued that the closure was ordered by [...]

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the escalating hostilities in the Middle East could lead to record levels of food insecurity and the largest disruption in humanitarian intervention since the COVID-19 pandemic. WFP Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Carl Skau said, “If this conflict continues, it will send shockwaves across [...]

The agency UN Women vowed on Tuesday to continue its provision of aid for women and girls in Afghanistan despite stringent restrictions and the ongoing conflict in the region. UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson confirmed that “espite the restrictions on women and girls and the current conflicts … no matter what, UN Women [...]

A US federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to effectively shut down Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Writing for the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Senior Judge Royce Lamberth [...]

One year ago, Louisiana broke a 15-year halt on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive activity,” and media witnesses described twitching, clenched hands, head movements, and jerking as the gas took hold. This contradiction should shape our reflection a year later. The real [...]

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) sued the Trump administration Monday for pausing payments for the long-stalled Second Avenue Subway Project. The complaint alleges that the US Department of Transportation (DOT) failed to reimburse the MTA over $50 million, as required by contract. The MTA and DOT entered into a Full Funding Grant Agreement [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for those responsible for a US strike on an Iranian school to be held accountable. The February 28 strike on the girls’ school in Minab, in southern Iran, killed over 100 children. Amnesty’s Evidence Lab conducted an investigation into the strike, analyzing over 30 satellite images and reviewing official statements, [...]

The chairman of the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Government Oversight and Reform subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday over her management of the investigation into the late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On February 11, the House Judiciary Committee questioned Bondi over her compliance with the Epstein investigation, which [...]