International civil rights organization CIVICUS on Monday added the US to its Monitor Watchlist of countries experiencing a decline in civic freedoms due to executive overreach. CIVICUS said in a press release that the decision comes after the Trump administration’s recent “assault on democratic norms and global cooperation,” and that the administration’s actions have “severely [...]
Amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law that came into effect on February 17, 2025, fail to adequately protect women’s right to equality before the law and leave them vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a release on Monday. Various changes and retentions made by this amendment have been criticized. For [...]
Bahrain’s systematic practices of detaining and abusing children to quell dissents violate international law, according to a report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) on Monday. Despite a 2024 royal pardon releasing over 1,500 prisoners including 40 minors, the groups recorded an escalating number of [...]
On February 10, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) “Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security” directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to halt the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) until new guidelines and policies on FCPA enforcement are released. The aim of [...]
As the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to dismantle the federal government as we know it, reports have emerged that the US African Development Foundation (USADF) denied entry to a gaggle of DOGE minions. This refusal was reportedly at the behest of the President and CEO Ward Brehm. The USADF Board is [...]
Over 360 human rights organizations and activists, including the International Federation for Human Rights and eleven of its member groups, urged the EU to reject the proposed “Omnibus” directive, arguing that it would significantly weaken corporate sustainability laws. The proposal, introduced by the European Commission in February 2025, aims to streamline corporate sustainability reporting and [...]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned of escalating violence in Syria in a statement on Sunday, urging an immediate end to the killing of civilians in the coastal areas of northwest Syria. He stated: Following a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by elements of the former government and other local [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that governments should provide more support to Tibetans in exile, on Monday, marking the 66th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against China, where Tibetans gathered in Lhasa, to protest against Chinese occupation and protect the Dalai Lama, who was under the threat of assassination. HRW stressed the violation of [...]
US immigration agents on Saturday detained a Palestinian recent Columbia University graduate, according to a statement from Student Workers of Columbia. Mahmoud Khalil was inside a residence owned by the University when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents entered his apartment and took him into custody. According to his lawyer, Amy Greer, ICE agents [...]
A court in Delhi, India, on Friday dismissed a challenge from local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cabinet minister Kapil Mishra to a summons in a case involving allegations that he made inflammatory statements during the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. Special Judge Jitendra Singh upheld the summons issued against Mishra, rejecting his argument that his [...]
