On Tuesday, Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, spoke at the fifth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, where he described reparations as 'key to ...

Maine's legislature on Tuesday passed a temporary moratorium on the construction of large data centers through November 1, 2027, making Maine the first state in the US to impede facility expansion ...

Samridh Chaturvedi is a JURIST correspondent and a third-year law student at the School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University) where he covers legal, policy, and human rights developments in ...

Note: This story is part of a series of coverage from the first week of the 2026 UN Women's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4. Friday marked the fifth ...

Amnesty International called the conviction and sentencing of 19 activists participating in a peaceful protest a 'travesty of justice,' in a press release on Tuesday. The protest was intended to ...

Singaporean authorities are scheduled on Thursday to execute a man convicted of importing just over a kilogram of cannabis across the country's border in a case that has drawn urgent condemnation ...

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday ordered a federal judge to end his contempt investigation concerning the Trump administration's Venezuelan migrant ...

Note: This story is part of a series of coverage from the first week of the 2026 UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Read Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3. The fourth day of the Commission ...

UN experts warned Tuesday that proposed French legislation to target antisemitism, dubbed the PPL Yadan Bill, could jeopardize freedom of expression. The experts stated: “Criminal law should not ...

Amnesty International on Monday urged Venezuelan authorities to ensure that a newly enacted amnesty law is employed justly and impartially, following reports of its arbitrary application. The rights ...

Haitian National Police on Monday announced the arrest of five people and two employees of the Institute for the Safeguarding of National Heritage (ISPAN) involved in a stampede at the Citadelle ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Hungary's incoming government to take immediate steps to restore fundamental rights and dismantle laws and institutions used to suppress dissent, following ...