The United Nations condemned the military takeover in Madagascar on Thursday, and called for an immediate restoration of constitutional order and the rule of law. This follows the ouster of President Andry Rajoelina by an elite army unit known as CAPSAT. The Secretary General also urged all the stakeholders to work together to tackle the [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged both Taliban and Pakistani authorities on Thursday to investigate the killing of Afghan journalist Abdul Ghafor Abed. Abed, a provincial reporter for Taliban-controlled Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), was killed on October 15 while covering cross-border clashes between Taliban and Pakistani forces in  Zazai Maidan district of Afghanistan’s Khost [...]

Amnesty International’s deputy regional director or the Middle East and North Africa, Hussein Baoumi, urged UN member states on Thursday to confront Iranian authorities over increasing “weaponization” of the death penalty in the country. Baoumi noted that over 1,000 people have been executed in Iran since the start of 2025—an average of four a day. [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday condemned the adoption of a constitutional reform in Chad, stating that it could pose a significant setback to democracy and the rule of law by empowering current President Mahamat Idriss Déby to remain in power for generations to come. HRW Central Africa director Lewis Mudge commented on the severity [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Thursday said it is alarmed by the killing of Saleh Aljafarawi, a 28-year-old freelance Palestinian journalist who rose to prominence on social media for his war coverage. He was shot and killed on October 12 in Gaza City, days after a ceasefire agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas. [...]

A UN committee released a report on Thursday finding that France “is responsible for grave and systematic violations of the rights of unaccompanied migrant children,” failing its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), a body of 18 experts that monitors children’s [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor called on world leaders Friday to put an end to the repression faced by climate activists, and to instead protect them as human rights defenders, emphasizing that the climate crisis is a human rights crisis. The UN expert stated: “States are repressing the [...]

UN experts on Thursday voiced concern over Germany’s policing of pro-Palestine demonstrations and “suppression” of Palestine solidarity activism, which they said has become increasingly restrictive since October 2023. Four Special Rapporteurs and two independent legal experts observed that, despite the peaceful nature of most pro-Palestine demonstrations, Germany has been “criminalising, punishing, and suppressing legitimate Palestinian [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday voiced support for the forthcoming “Wakati Wetu Festival,” which will host artists, musicians, policymakers and actvists in Kenya to discuss “historical injustices, the ongoing impact of the slave trade and colonialism, and to imagine what reparatory justice involves.” The festival, whose inaugural debut will take place October 22-23, is the first [...]

Amnesty International and 34 other organizations sent an open letter on Tuesday to Brazilian authorities and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), urging them to ensure the protection of human rights in the Host Country Agreement for the upcoming COP30 climate conference. The summit is scheduled to take place in Belém, Brazil, in [...]