The US and Guatemala governments announced on Thursday that Nicaragua has released 135 political prisoners on humanitarian grounds after months of negotiations between the US and Nicaragua. The US also facilitated the voluntary transfer of political prisoners from Nicaragua to Guatemala. In a joint statement, the US and Guatemala clarified that the released political prisoners [...]

The UN Human Rights Office and UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called for culpable individuals of alleged human rights violations committed in Tarhuna, Libya between 2013 and 2022 to be held accountable in a Friday report. The report warned that the impunity culpable individuals enjoyed may compound instability and division in Libya. According to [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Wednesday to immediately investigate and cease their personnel from ill-treating and torturing, summarily executing and mutilating the dead bodies of individuals in their custody. According to HRW, one image and eight videos uploaded onto social media [...]

Former Hong Kong district councilor Ng Kin-wai said on Tuesday that he was not remorseful for participating in an alleged conspiracy to subvert state power by controlling the 2020 Legislative Council election, according to local media. Ng claimed that he participated in the alleged conspiracy without being aware of its illegality and only discovered the [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in Myanmar amid the ongoing violence in the country. According to the UN Human Rights Office, the military and the Arakan Army committed human rights violations against the minority Rohingya community in Myanmar, despite their obligations to protect the Rohingya community [...]

A South Korean prosecution investigation team dismissed anti-graft charges against first lady Kim Keon-hee on Wednesday, according to local media. Kim was previously investigated by South Korean prosecutors for accepting an approximately three million won ($2,255) luxury Dior handbag and other expensive gifts from Choi Jae-young, a Korean-American pastor, in 2022. The Seoul Central District [...]

Amnesty International urged Bangladeshi authorities on Wednesday to immediately protect the country’s Hindu and other minority communities amid violence against minority communities. Amnesty International called for Bangladeshi authorities to conduct impartial and thorough investigations into the mob violence and crimes committed against minority communities, such as the Hindu and Ahmadi communities. The organization stated that [...]

Amnesty International urged Angola authorities to immediately release Angolan TikToker Ana da Silva Miguel, also known as Neth Nahara, on Tuesday. Amnesty International said Neth Nahara was arbitrarily detained and condemned Neth Nahara’s conviction of committing an outrage against the state, its symbols and bodies under article 333 of Angola’s penal code as absurd. Amnesty [...]

The Libyan Attorney General’s Office ordered the detention of oil and gas minister Khalifa Abdul Sadiq on financial corruption charges Wednesday. The office stated that Abdul Sadiq violated the law by coercing a corporate accountant to approve a document that authorized an unidentified foreign company to spend 457.6 million euros and acted inconsistently with his [...]

A Tunisia court sentenced the leader of the opposition Free Destourian Party (PDL) Abir Moussi to two years in prison on Monday over criticizm of Tunisia’s High Independent Authority for Elections. She was prosecuted under Decree-Law No. 2022-54 and accused of crimes such as attacks to change government form. Moussi was previously detained by Tunisian [...]