Global executions rose dramatically in 2024, reaching 1,518 recorded deaths across 15 countries — the highest figure since 2015 — Amnesty International said Tuesday as it released its annual report on the use of the death penalty. The 48-page report, “Death Sentences and Executions 2024,” found that Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia were responsible for [...]

The UK Home Office faces an investigation into the allegedly dangerous conditions at the Manston holding center for asylum seekers in 2022, local media reported on Monday, following the release of a Home Office internal document. At least 250 of those asylum seekers affected are planning to sue the UK government. Those suing include a [...]

The heads of six UN agencies issued an urgent appeal on Monday, calling for immediate action by world leaders to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to urgently facilitate the delivery of food, water, fuel and humanitarian supplies. The six agencies include UNICEF, the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the UN Relief [...]

Amnesty International called on the Thai authorities on Monday to investigate and implement effective measures to halt malicious state-sponsored smear campaigns and cyberattacks targeting civil society — including Amnesty International itself. Amnesty’s Thailand researcher, Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong, stated: “These cyberattacks are an outrageous assault on Thailand’s civic space. Thai authorities must immediately end these malicious smear [...]

Amnesty International urged Mexico and Jamaica to “protect their migrant workers from discrimination and labor exploitation” on Monday, following a review by the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. In an oral statement, the rights organization called on Mexico and Jamaica to “renegotiate their [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) decried the escalating obstacles in accessing abortion, contraception and comprehensive sexual education for Romanian women and girls in a report released on Monday. The report, titled “‘It’s Happening Even Without You Noticing’: Increasing Barriers to Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Romania,” highlights the systematic failure of authorities to uphold [...]

UN experts on Monday called for an end to the arbitrary, indefinite detention of approximately 52,000 people in Syria. The detained individuals — mainly concentrated in northeast Syria — are those whom the local Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have accused of adherence to the extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL), with over [...]

Tens of thousands of Moroccans rallied in Rabat on Sunday to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza. Protestors took to the streets to express their solidarity with the people of Palestine and their anger over US support of the war. Massive crowds of demonstrators wave Palestinian flags while chanting for a “Free Gaza.” Israel’s siege [...]

UNICEF regional director for Europe and Central Asia, Regina De Dominicis, on Saturday condemned Russia’s rocket attack on Kryvyi Rih in the Ukrainian Dnipro region last week, noting that the organization is working to support affected families while coordinating emergency assistance. The attack, with a missile striking a residential neighborhood, resulted in the death of [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) suspended attorney Erez Reuveni on Saturday for failing to “zealously advocate on behalf of the United States.” The said failure refers to Reuveni’s open admission in court that the DOJ committed an administrative error by removing Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from the US. Garcia is an El Salvador national [...]