The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged the authorities in the Central African Republic on Thursday to drop the charges against detained journalist Landry Ulrich Nguéma Ngokpélé, calling for his immediate release. CPJ representative for Francophone Africa, Moussa Ngom, stated: “The charges against Landry Ulrich Nguéma Ngokpélé over a publication in his newspaper send a [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, Astrid Puentes Riaño, urged world leaders on Tuesday to incorporate human rights into ocean governance ahead of the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3). In her statement, Riaño emphasized that human rights and ocean governance are interconnected issues that cannot be [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the life sentence handed down by a military court in Cameroon against activist Abdu Karim Ali, calling it an “affront to justice” and demanding his immediate and unconditional release. According to Amnesty International, Ali was arrested without a warrant and arbitrarily detained after he produced a video exposing the torture [...]

A group of UN human rights experts condemned on Wednesday the widespread and persistent violence against women and girls in Sudan as the armed conflict enters its third year. They found that many of the attacks were attributed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and called for urgent action to end these atrocities. The experts [...]

A group of 31 legal scholars from various European universities on Friday criticized the European Union’s proposal to reform corporate sustainability regulations, known as the Omnibus Simplification Package. The signatories expressed concerns that the proposed reform would undermine the clarity of the European corporate sustainability rules and lead to an increase in climate-related lawsuits against [...]

Amnesty International warned in a report on Monday that Pakistan’s healthcare and disaster response systems failed to meet the needs of the elderly and children, who were the most vulnerable to the risks of death and disease due to extreme weather events related to climate change. The report noted the increasing frequency of heatwaves and [...]

The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) issued a report Wednesday on the phenomenon of enforced disappearances in Colombia, and provided recommendations to support the state’s efforts in combating this crime. The committee’s report concluded a 15-day visit to Colombia, during which it held meetings with government authorities, victims, and civil society organizations. The CED [...]

Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that military authorities in West Africa have been increasingly using enforced disappearances as a means of repression against civil and political activists who criticize the government. The organization noted that the military and security forces in Mali, Niger, Guinea and Burkina Faso resorted to unlawful detentions and enforced disappearances to [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation, and sexual abuse of children Fatima Singhateh welcomed on Thursday efforts from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to combat child sale and exploitation. She stated that the country demonstrated a firm commitment to protecting children and providing them with the necessary support. Singhateh noted that the UAE [...]

The European Commission fined tech companies Meta and Apple a combined €700 million on Wednesday for violating their obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), marking a landmark for European digital competition law. The European Commission fined Apple €500 million for implementing steering terms that breached the DMA. The Commission stated that Apple imposed technical and [...]