Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the Lesotho government to investigate allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed during the Lesotho Defence Forces’ (LDF) campaign to confiscate illegal firearms from gang members, dubbed Operation Hard Fist. The operation was launched earlier this year in response to escalating violent crime in Lesotho, and the proliferation of illegal [...]

The Supreme Court of India directed Wikipedia on Tuesday to immediately remove the name and photograph of the victim involved in the RG Kar Medical College Hospital rape and murder case. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, passed this order during the suo [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday issued a statement urging Indian authorities to end the ongoing repression of dissent in Jammu and Kashmir. Wednesday marks the first day of region-level elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the first which have been held in 10 years. The election is to be held across three phases, where the last phase [...]

The Parliament of Georgia passed a set of laws that place restrictions targeted at minority sexual orientations and gender identities on Tuesday, infringing upon the international human, civil, and political rights of the LGBTQ+ community. The legislation, labelled “Laws on Family Values and Protection of Minors,” is broad and includes restrictions relating to “marriage, adoption, [...]

Pressure builds on the Bangladesh interim government as Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called for an “election roadmap” at a rally on Tuesday, marking the International Day of Democracy. Addressing thousands of protestors outside of BNP’s headquarters in the capital of Dhaka, Rahman said: “The reform programmes need to be carried forward [...]

A coalition of women and human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Front Line Defenders, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network and the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition, urged Iranian authorities on Tuesday to release imprisoned women human rights defenders and to protect women’s rights in Iran. The organizations called on Iranian authorities to abolish [...]

A coalition of humanitarian, development and human rights organizations urged all UN member states on Tuesday to adhere to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the unlawfulness of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. This comes as the UN General Assembly prepares to vote on a resolution to end the occupation. [...]

The US State Department confirmed in a press conference on Monday that David Lin, an American pastor the US alleges was wrongfully detained since 2009, has been released. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller stated that Lin returned to the US for the first time in almost 20 years upon his release from prison in China. [...]

The Council of the European Union condemned the systemic oppression of women in Iran in a Monday statement. Monday marks the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, who died in custody following her arrest for allegedly not properly covering her hair. The statement denounced Iran’s crackdown on the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement, highlighting [...]

A United Nations report stated Tuesday that the Venezuelan authorities’ repression of the protests following the July 28 elections reached an unprecedented level of violence, including the commission of human rights violations. The report was conducted by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Republic of Venezuela and examined the human rights situation in the [...]