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Amnesty International urged the Mexican Senate on Friday to renew the Citizen Council of the National Search System, which has been vacant since May 2024. Amnesty International stated that: the Council’s inability to operate effectively hinders the right of people searching for victims of disappearance to participate in decision-making and overseeing the government’s plans and [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the escalating violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, near the border with Venezuela, where armed groups have committed severe human rights abuses and displaced tens of thousands of residents. The organization called for immediate measures to protect civilians and ensure accountability for the atrocities committed by these groups, including [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday criticized the unlawful expulsion of 238 Venezuelan nationals from the United States to El Salvador, saying the action endangers their lives. The expulsion contravenes a court order, which barred removal of the Venezuelans. In response to the deportation in defiance of the court’s decision, Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International, [...]

UN experts urged the Colombian government on Thursday to protect its civilians and called on the non-state armed groups to cease their attacks against the civilians, after the escalation of the conflict in the Catatumbo region of the Department of Norte de Santander. The experts noted that the conflict, which began on 16th January, has [...]

UNICEF called on Friday for greater global efforts to end child marriages and provide quality education for all girls, emphasizing the importance of a multisectoral approach to target the root cause of child marriage. The organization pointed out that child marriage remains a serious issue in Montenegro, particularly affecting girls from Roma and Egyptian communities. [...]

The US Department of the Treasury announced Sunday the suspension of the Corporate Transparency Act in hopes of narrowing the Act to foreign reporting companies. The Department of the Treasury is narrowing the Act to support the interests of American taxpayers and small business owners. The Treasury will not enforce any outstanding fines or penalties [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday urged the international community to implement an arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Myanmar. Türk delivered his statement at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, describing the rights situation in Myanmar as one of the worst in the world with a “litany [...]

A UN expert on Thursday expressed concern over the escalating human rights crisis in Afghanistan, asserting that the Taliban is increasingly governing Afghan society through repression and fear. UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan Richard Bennett stated:  As time goes on, more girls are being denied their right to education beyond [...]

Judi Rever is a Montreal-based journalist and author of In Praise of Blood, which investigates mass violence under Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s regime, using survivor testimonies, former soldiers, and leaked UN documents. A Ryerson journalism graduate, Rever covered the Congo-Rwanda crisis for Radio France-Internationale in 1997 and later reported for Agence France-Presse. Her work has [...]

Libyan authorities announced Monday that they found nearly 50 bodies in two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert, again driving home the persistent dangers faced by migrants seeking passage to Europe through the conflict-ridden nation. Officials reported that the first mass grave, containing 19 bodies, was found on Friday at a farm in Kufra. [...]