On Wednesday, Amnesty International urged Syria’s transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, to ensure the publication of all the findings of a fact-finding committee’s investigation into the targeted killings of members of Syria’s Alawite minority. Amnesty International’s deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Kirstine Beckerle, said: “Survivors and the families of victims have [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday found that Russia has committed grave violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) in Ukraine. Judges at the ECHR rendered a series of decisions related to consolidated complaints brought forth by Ukraine and the Netherlands since the conflict in Ukraine began in 2014. Among the alleged violations [...]

Russian election watchdog group Golos announced Tuesday of termination of its work, citing the sentencing of Grigory Melkonyants, an election expert, as a core reason. In 2013, the Ministry of Justice identified Golos, which had operated in Russia since the early 2000s, as a “foreign agent.” In the declaration, Golos shared that it only recently [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday reported that women searching for their missing loved ones in Mexico, where over 128,000 people have been forcibly disappeared, are increasingly exposed to violence and reprisals, with at least 16 killed to date. In the report, titled “Disappearing again: Violence and impacts experienced by women searchers in Mexico,” the harrowing toll [...]

A Saint Petersburg court announced a case Tuesday against the bookstore Подписные издания (Subscription Editions) on charges of “LGBTQA+ propaganda.” No information is available yet regarding the reasons for the charges. On its website, the bookstore shares that it has been open since 1926, with photos that capture the involvement of the store with the [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted an injunction that had blocked President Donald Trump from implementing sweeping reforms aimed at restructuring the federal government. The case centers on Executive Order 14210, signed in February, which directs federal agencies to undertake “large-scale reductions in force” and submit reorganization plans that could eliminate or consolidate existing [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday urged Sudanese authorities to immediately release two freelance journalists detained in North Darfur. CPJ Middle East and North Africa regional director Sara Qudah said, “The July 7 arrest of freelance journalists Nasr Yaqoub and Mohamed Ahmed Nazar is a clear attack on the public’s right to know [...]

A coalition of rights groups urged Guinean authorities on Tuesday to “urgently reveal” the whereabouts of civil society activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah, who were forcibly disappeared one year ago. Co-signed by 25 Guinean and international human rights organizations, the statement read: We call on Guinean authorities to break their unbearable silence regarding [...]

Several medical organizations filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other government officials on Monday, alleging that a new department directive is unlawful and harms the physician-patient relationship, among other claims. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, and other health organizations brought the suit in [...]

On Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to immediately release journalist Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran national and Spanish-language reporter arrested last month. The statement follows a federal immigration judge’s ruling on July 1 granting Guevara $7,500 bail and ordering his release from ICE custody. Guevara remains [...]