Monica Costa Riba, Amnesty International’s Women’s Rights Senior Campaigner, condemned on Thursday the verdict in the case of Justyna Vydrinska, a human rights activist convicted of helping a woman access safe abortion, stating that authorities should overturn the decision and halt the prosecution of legitimate activists. Justyna Wydrzyńska, one of the founders of the civil [...]

Amnesty International reported severe systematic human rights violations in Azerbaijan on Thursday. The report reflects the lack of improvement and the systemic nature of the abuses, including unjustified restrictions on the right to freedom of expression, as well as the abuse of the criminal justice system for political purposes. Some independent civil society organizations in [...]

Amnesty International’s deputy director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Denis Krivosheev said on Monday that the sentences handed down to participants in May protests against the law on “foreign influence” in Georgia demonstrate the government’s brutality against the opposition, calling them a “parody of justice.” Krivosheev criticized the police for the mistreatment of protesters [...]

United Nations human rights experts expressed serious concern on Tuesday regarding the Iranian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the death sentence of Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi. Experts said that the death sentence is a serious violation of international human rights law, as the severity of the charges against Azizi “do not meet the threshold of most [...]

Various diplomatic premises of the Republic of Venezuela were attacked in several countries, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto said on Monday. Images of the apparent vandalism released by Yvan Gil Pinto show a Venezuelan flag hanging from a building spray-painted with the word “Edmundo,” the first name of the opposition candidate Edmundo González. González [...]

A group of assailants attacked the presidential palace in the capital of Chad on Wednesday in an apparent attempt to destabilize the country’s government. Chad’s foreign minister and government spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah reported the attack, which killed 19 people, including 18 attackers and one soldier. Appearing in a video on Facebook hours after the attack, [...]

The Pakistan accountability court postponed on Monday the verdict on the Al-Qadir Trust case against Pakistani politician and former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife until January 13. It is the third time that the court has deferred the verdict, which was scheduled to be announced on December 23, 2024, and then on January [...]

German police revealed Saturday that the suspect in Friday’s Christmas market attack in the city of Magdeburg is currently in pre-trial custody on charges of murder, attempted murder, and grievous bodily harm — as German politicians from opposing political camps condemned the coalition government for “ignoring warnings” about the attack. On Friday evening, a man [...]

Pakistan’s Field General Court Martial sentenced 25 people on Saturday for their involvement in violent attacks on state-owned military installations, including the desecration of the monuments to the Shuhada (martyrs), during the May 2023 nationwide unrest. The sentences, which follow an earlier ruling on the case by the Pakistani Supreme Court, include “rigorous imprisonment” ranging [...]

Refugees International, an independent human rights organization that advocates for displaced people, called on the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday to end its partnership with the UAE until the state ceases its support for armed actors in Sudan. The organization expressed concern that such a partnership of the Association could make it complicit with [...]