The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday urged Israel to promptly withdraw from southern Lebanon, citing violations of a November 27 ceasefire agreement with the Iranian-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. In a statement posted on both X and Telegram, UNIFIL stated: “Any actions that risk the fragile cessation of hostilities must cease.” [...]

A group of Palestinian-British individuals has taken initial steps to bring British Petroleum (BP) to court, accusing the company of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The action led by Bimdman’s LLP asserts BP’s complicity through the continuous supply of crude oil to Israel, facilitated by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline, [...]

Hong Kong police on Monday announced a reward of HK$1 million for information leading to the arrest of six pro-democracy activists now residing in the UK and Canada. The bounties were issued for alleged violations of the 2020 National Security Law. One of the wanted individuals, including Tony Chung, a former pro-independence group leader, has [...]

China announced countermeasures against two Canadian organizations and 20 affiliated individuals on Saturday. This decision, published in a statement on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, is rooted in what China perceives as unwarranted foreign interference in its internal affairs, particularly relating to human rights advocacy regarding China’s human rights record regarding Uyghurs and Tibetans. [...]

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria called on the new authorities in Damascus to protect mass grave sites and relevant documentation, in a statement issued on Friday. The statement released Friday comes after the CoI visited former prisons and detention centers in the country, including the notorious Sednaya prison and Military Intelligence [...]

The Taliban has shut down at least 12 media outlets across Afghanistan in 2024 alone, according to a Friday report by Reporters Without Borders. The closures include both public and private channels, with the latest being the Kabul-based Arezo TV, whose closure on December 4 has intensified concerns over mounting restrictions on media operations in [...]

In a significant move, the Swiss parliament has officially recognized the atrocities committed by the Islamic State (ISIS) against Iraq’s Yazidi community as constituting genocide. The motion, passed on Tuesday, condemns the systematic expulsion, rape and murder of Yazidis, and the destruction of their cultural sites. The majority of the Swiss National Council voted in [...]

A joint report released Wednesday by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) revealed a pattern of arbitrary detention in South Sudan as well as human rights abuses committed by both government security forces and organized armed groups. The report, which covers the [...]

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released its annual reports on human rights violations by the United States and the United Kingdom on Tuesday. Iran’s Parliament authorized the creation of the annual reports in 2012. The report on the US said the country has “continued to violate human rights on an international level,” using human rights [...]

The UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) found in a landmark ruling Tuesday that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and London’s Metropolitan Police Service broke the law and breached the human rights of two Northern Ireland journalists, Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey. The ruling pertained to a covert surveillance operation authorized by a Northern [...]