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As Syria undergoes a precarious government transition under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, now is a critical moment to hold members of the former regime accountable for widespread human rights violations. One effective approach would be to establish a Special Domestic Criminal Court to prosecute individuals responsible for crimes committed [...]

UN experts on Thursday urged Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to immediately impose a moratorium on inhumane punishments, including capital and corporal punishments, in response to public executions carried out on April 11. The Taliban’s de facto supreme court last week imposed four public executions across the provinces of Badghis, Nimroz and Farah. The experts stated: “Friday’s [...]

Amnesty International (Amnesty) welcomed the “long overdue” release of Palestinian detainee Ahmad Manasra on Thursday after he spent nine and a half years detained in an Israel prison for allegedly stabbing two Israeli settlers in 2015 despite evidence to the contrary. In the press release, Amnesty underscored the miscarriage of justice and human rights violations [...]

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a set of decisions on Tuesday for the Russian authorities to follow concerning the situation in Crimea. The Committee of Ministers issued the decisions following meetings between March 4 and 6, 2025. In the meetings, the Committee of Ministers urged Russian authorities to restore Ukrainian [...]

Amnesty International published a report on Tuesday exposing Russia’s mistreatment of both Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian captives currently held in detention within Ukrainian territory and in Russia. The report determined that Russia’s treatment of detained Ukrainians amounted to war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity. Amnesty researchers interviewed 104 people living in [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) condemned Thailand’s deportation of 40 Uyghur asylum seekers to China on Thursday. The group stated that repeated requests to access the detained Uyghurs and secure assurances against forced returns were ignored, violating domestic and international human rights laws. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk described the [...]

Human Rights Watch urged Kazakhstan to implement the recommendations from member states at the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Thursday. With 103 state delegates, the UN Human Rights Council made 294 recommendations on a variety of topics. These human rights concerns include various basic human rights provided by the International Covenant on [...]

Human rights organizations in Latin America issued a joint statement on Friday, expressing deep concern about the systematic non-compliance of several Latin American states with international human rights, sexual rights and reproductive rights (SRHR) obligations. SRHR are fundamental rights protected by a range of international and regional human rights treaties and in national laws and [...]

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders condemned the Ugandan government Wednesday for the arrest, torture and judicial harassment of human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza. Kiiza was arrested on January 7, at the General Court Martial in Makindye township while representing his client, opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye. Besigye, a former presidential candidate [...]

The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) announced Monday that the trial date for Roger Lumbala has been set. The former Congolese warlord will stand trial in Paris from November 17 to December 19 2025. He has been accused of complicity in and conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity, which allegedly took place during between 2002-2003. [...]