A UN special rapporteur on Thursday urged the Liberian government to strengthen efforts to combat all forms of trafficking in persons. The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons Siobhán Mullally urged the Liberian government to prioritize the rights of trafficking victims. She emphasized that such rights include access to assistance and protection through safe [...]

Former prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been implicated in enforced disappearances in Bangladesh, according to a provisional interim government-ordered report by the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances released to local media on Saturday. The report also implicated a number of units of the Bangladesh Police including the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Detective [...]

The Sudanese military’s aerial bombardment killed at least 7 civilians at the Sheikh Ahmed Al-Siddiq Mosque in Bahri City, Northern Khartoum, according to a statement made by the Sudan Emergency Lawyers on Friday. The statement said the incident took place after the Friday prayers. Several worshippers were also injured during the attack which the group [...]

Thousands of Kenyans on Friday gathered to witness the ceremonial swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as the new deputy president of the Republic of Kenya, following the parliament’s decision to impeach the outgoing deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua. This event was held just hours after the High Court of Kenya at Milimani lifted the conservatory orders that [...]

Opposition activists report that 29 minors in Nigeria are facing a looming death penalty after being charged with acts of felony including treason, destruction of property, public disturbance and mutiny. These minors, aged between fourteen and seventeen years, are among the 76 people who were rounded up by the police and arraigned in court on [...]

The proportion of women killed in armed conflict doubled from 2022 to 2023, the UN reported Wednesday. The UN also recorded a rise in the amount of conflict-related sexual violence. The report of the Secretary General on Women and Peace and Security was prepared pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which urged parties to [...]

Several international human rights organizations opposed the election of Ethiopia to the UN Human Rights Council through an open letter released on Tuesday. These organizations include CIVICUS, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, the Organization of Justice and Accountability in the Horn of Africa, and Victim Advocates International, among others. Elections to the [...]

The Global Government Affairs team of X Corp. (formerly Twitter) announced on Tuesday the resumption of its operations in Brazil after the country’s supreme court ordered the company’s reinstatement. Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), had instituted the ban on X on August 30 for the failure of the company to [...]

Amnesty International on Friday raised concern about the ongoing coercion of Ukrainian teachers in Russian-occupied territories to teach the Russian-imposed curriculum to school-going children. The report portrays the resumption of schooling in the occupied territories as Russia’s attempt to justify its aggression by indoctrinating students with a propagandized curriculum. The Russian curriculum in the occupied [...]

An Indonesian Manpower Ministry official on Friday said that Indonesia is working towards better oversight in employment after Indonesia appeared in a US Department of Labor report among countries producing goods by means of child labor and/or forced labor. According to the report, Indonesia is producing nickel used in the manufacture of Electric Vehicles(EV) by [...]